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Manchester () is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300 . It lies within the United Kingdom's second-most populous urban area, with a population of 2.55 million. Manchester is fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east and an arc of towns with which it forms a continuous conurbation. The local authority is Manchester City Council.

The recorded history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort of "Mamucium" or "Mancunium", which was established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. It was historically a part of Lancashire, although areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated in the 20th century. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township but began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchester's unplanned urbanisation was brought on by a boom in textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution, and resulted in it becoming the world's first industrialised city.

Manchester achieved city status in 1853. The Manchester Ship Canal opened in 1894, creating the Port of Manchester and linking the city to the sea, to the west. Its fortunes declined after the Second World War, owing to deindustrialisation, but the IRA bombing in 1996 led to extensive investment and regeneration.

1. Where is Manchester located?
2. What is the population?
3. Is it the UK's most populated area?
4. What year did it become a city?
5. What was opened in 1894?
6. What is located to it's south?
7. What is the governing authority?
8. Where did the history begin?
9. When?
10. During what time was it a manorial township?
11. During what period did textile manufacturing increase dramatically?
12. What was the result of the increase in manufacturing?
13. In what direction was the city linked to the sea?
14. What happened after WWII?
15. Why?

Numbered answers:
1. Greater Manchester, England,
2. 530,300
3. no
4. 1853
5. The Manchester Ship Canal
6. the Cheshire Plain
7. Manchester City Council
8. with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort of "Mamucium"
9. about AD 79
10. Throughout the Middle Ages till the turn of the 19th century.
11. during the Industrial Revolution,
12. it becoming the world's first industrialised city
13. to the west
14. Its fortunes declined
15. deindustrialisation