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Manchester is a major city within Greater Manchester in North West England, historically notable for being the world's first industrialised city, and its subsequent central role in the Industrial Revolution. The city, heralded as the "Capital of the North",Manchester, www.manchester.ac.uk, Manchester University. URL accessed October 24, 2006.Northern Soul, www.educationuk.org, March 2003. URL accessed October 24, 2006.is a centre of the arts, the media, higher education and commerce, and is considered by many of its citizens to be England's second city."Manchester 'England's second city'", BBC, 12 September 2002, retrieved 2 May 2006."Manchester 'close to second city'", BBC, 29 September 2005, retrieved 2 May 2006.
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