Manchester city centre?

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   Manchester city centre – known formally as City Centre – is the central business district of both Manchester and Greater Manchester, in North West England. The City Centre, as defined by Manchester City Council, lies within the Manchester Inner Ring Road, straddling the River Irwell, and thereby encompassing part of the neighbouring City of Salford. The electoral ward of Central has a population of 11,689.
   City Centre is the historic core of Manchester, around which the modern city grew. It evolved from the civilian vicus associated with the Roman fort of Mamucium, which was established c. AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the River Medlock and River Irwell, in a position defensible from the Brigantes. Once the Romans abandoned Britain, the focus of settlement in Manchester shifted to the confluence of the rivers Irwell and Irk. During the Dark Ages which followed – and persisted until the Norman Conquest – the settlement at Manchester was in the territory of several different petty kingdoms. In the Middle Ages, what is now the City Centre was the township of Manchester.
   Extensively redeveloped since the 1996 Manchester bombing, the city centre is now the commercial and cultural centre of Manchester, the site of most of its retailing, office space, and heritage centres. The majority of the tallest buildings and structures in Manchester are located in the city centre, including Manchester Town Hall which houses the city's administrative functions, and Beetham Tower, the tallest building in the United Kingdom outside of London.

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