    preston  is a city and the administrative centre of lancashire, england, located on the north bank of the river ribble. it is an urban settlement and unparished area that when combined with surrounding rural civil parishes forms the city of preston local government district of lancashire. the whole district obtained city status in 2002, becoming england's 50th city in the 50th year of queen elizabeth ii's reign."'proud preston' wins city status", bbc news, 14 march 2002. retrieved 6 june 2006. the settlement, or unparished area, of preston has a population of 114,300, the whole city of preston district has a population of 132,000city of preston: 132,000.preston (local authority): key figures for people and society: population and migration, office for national statistics. retrieved 21 august 2010. the population for the unparished area of preston is calculated by subtracting the populations of the three rural middle layer super output areas, preston 001 (5,185), preston 002 (6,417) and preston 010 (6,134). preston 001 (middle layer super output area): key figures for people and society: population and migration, office for national stati
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