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That sounds sort of like it depends a lot on how you define the terms. I mean the whole huge 8 million person region of London is all governed by one mayor, no?
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Boris Johnson yeah.
But these are the official cities of England -
City status in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In informal usage, city can be used for large towns or conurbations that are not formally cities. The best-known example of this is London, which contains two cities (the City of London and the City of Westminster) but is not itself a city.
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London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
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But then there are Greater Birmingham and Greater Manchester areas which are not considered cities.