What is the City of London?
Q: What is the City of London?
A: The City of London is a district of Greater London. It has city status in its own right, and is also a ceremonial county. It is often referred to as the City or the Square Mile, and it covers an area of 1.12 sq mi (2.90 km2).
Q: What does the City of London do?
A: The City of London is where most of the United Kingdom's financial trade takes place. It has a very small resident population but many people come to work there during the day, making it very busy with some 300,000 people in it at any one time.
Q: How old is the City of London?
A: The city dates back to Roman times and has other ancient features dating back to medieval times.
Q: Who governs the City of London?
A: The City of London has its own mayor, known as the Lord Mayor of London, who holds an office separate from (and much older than) that held by the Mayor of London for Greater London itself.
Q: Does the City have its own police force?
A: Yes, it does - this is known as the City of London Police Force.
Q: How big is the area covered by the City?
A: The area covered bytheCityofLondonisjustoveronesquaremile(1.12sqmi/2.90km2).
Q: Is "London" now referring only to Greater London or does it still refer to just Central/TheCityofLondon?
A:"London" now refers specifically to GreaterLondonwhichismadeupof32boroughs(includingtheCityofWestminsterandtheCityofLondon).
