Birmingham is a city and metropolitan district of West Midlands in central England. This is the second city in the United Kingdom. It has a population of 1,028,700 inhabitants (2009 estimate), and is part of the conurbation of the West Midlands, which has a population of 2,284,093 inhabitants (2001).Since 1889, it has city status.
The name "Birmingham" is most often refers to the whole agglomeration. We often use the slang word Brum (just the old name Brummagen) to appoint and often called the inhabitants of Brummies. The urban area of Birmingham, which includes the surrounding cities that are closely linked through commuting, is also the second most populous urban area in the UK, with a population of 3,683,000 inhabitants.
Birmingham was a key city during the Industrial Revolution in England, which led to it being known as the "workshop of the world. Although Birmingham's industrial importance has declined, it developed into a national commercial center. Cited in 2010 as the third best place in the UK to install a entreprise.
Birmingham is a national center for conferences, retail sales and events with a special place for high technology, research and development, supported by its three universities. It is also the fourth tourist city of the United Kingdom, it has the second largest economy in the UK and is often called the second city in the United Kingdom.
In 2010 it was ranked the 55th most livable city in the world, according to Mercer index, index of global standards of life. The Big City Plan is a large redevelopment currently underway in downtown Birmingham, to make it one of the 20 best cities to live in the world.
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