Manchester is a city with a population of 400,00, making it England's 6th largest city.
More famous for Manchester United than anything else. It is a common misnoma in international circles that Manchester is in fact in London.
Often the name Manchester is used to refer to the county in which it is situated, Greater Manchester. This annoys residents of equally independent towns and cities in Greater Manchester, such as Bolton, Wigan and Oldham, who each boast a rich history also.
A resident of Manchester is known as a "Mancunian". They are typified by their strange loyalty to Manchester. Often waylaying people from other cities to tell them all about Manchester. See
Terry Christian.
The North's main airport is near Manchester however. Passengers from larger, but
equidistant cities, such as Leeds, Liverpool and Sheffield, have bolstered the figures of Manchester Airport to make it one of
Europe's largest and busiest.
After London, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Liverpool and
Sheffield,
Manchester is Egland's 6th and the
UK's 7th largest/most important city.