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Cambridge City of Cambridge
City and non-metropolitan district
King's College Chapel, seen from the Backs
Cambridge shown within Cambridgeshire
Coordinates: 52°12′18″N 0°07′08″E / 52.205°N 0.119°E / 52.205; 0.119
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	East of England
Ceremonial county	Cambridgeshire
Admin HQ	Cambridge Guildhall
Founded	1st century
City status	1951
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district, city
• Governing body	Cambridge City Council
• Mayor	George Pippas (LD)
• MPs:	Daniel Zeichner (L) Heidi Allen (C)
Area
• City and non-metropolitan district	40.7 km2 (15.71 sq mi)
Elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Population  (2005 est.)
• City and non-metropolitan district	131,800 (ranked 164th)
• Metro	280,000 [1] -
• Ethnicity (2011)[2]	66% White British 1.4% White Irish 15% White Other 1.7% Black British 3.2% Mixed Race 11% British Asian & Chinese 1.6% other
Demonym	Cantabrigian
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode	CB1 – CB5
Area code	01223
ONS code	12UB (ONS) E07000008 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TL450588
Website	www.cambridge.gov.uk

Cambridge is a city in England. It is 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of London. The city is famous for its university, the University of Cambridge, which is thought to be one of the best universities in the world. The university has a hospital (Addenbrooke's Hospital), laboratory (Cavendish Laboratory), chapel (King's College Chapel) and library (Cambridge University Library). There is also a Central Library in Cambridge, on the first floor of the Grand Arcade, St Andrew's Street.^[3]

There are 108,863 people living in Cambridge, of which 22,153 are students. There are lots of smaller towns and villages around Cambridge.

The city has lots of parks and is next to the river Cam - the city's name "Cambridge" means "bridge over the Cam."

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