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Oxford

City of Oxford
Frae tap left tae bottom richt: Oxford skyline panorama frae St Mary's Kirk; Radcliffe Camera; High Street frae abuin leukin east; University College; High Street bi nicht; Naitural History Museum an Pitt Rivers Museum.
Frae tap left tae bottom richt: Oxford skyline panorama frae St Mary's Kirk; Radcliffe Camera; High Street frae abuin leukin east; University College; High Street bi nicht; Naitural History Museum an Pitt Rivers Museum.
Eik-name(s): 
"the Ceety o Dreamin Spires"
Motto(s): 
"Fortis est veritas" "The truth is strong"
Shawn within Oxfordshire
Shawn within Oxfordshire
Coordinates: 51°45′7″N 1°15′28″W / 51.75194°N 1.25778°W / 51.75194; -1.25778
Sovereign state Unitit Kinrick
Constituent kintra Ingland
RegionSooth East Ingland
Ceremonial coonty Oxfordshire
Admin HQOxford Ceety Centre
Foondit8t century
Ceety status1542
Govrenment
 • TeepCeety
 • Govrening bodyOxford Ceety Cooncil
 • Lord MayorCllr Mohammed Abbasi[1] (2014–2015) (Lab)
 • Sheriff o OxfordRae Humberstone (Lab)
 • Executive Cooncil LeaderLabour
Cllr Bob Price
 • MPsNicola Blackwood (C)
Andrew Smith (L)
Area
 • Ceety an non-metropolitan destrict45.59 km2 (17.60 sq mi)
Population
 (2011 est.)
 • Ceety an non-metropolitan destrict162,040 (ranked 118t o 326)
 • Density3270/km2 (8,500/sq mi)
 • Urban
171,380[2]
 • Metro
244,000
 • Ethnicity[3]
72.4% White Breetish
6.7% Ither White
8.5% South Asian
3.7% Black
4.3% Cheenese
3.0% Mixed Race
2.5% Ither
1.4% White Erse
Demonym(s)Oxonian
Time zoneUTC0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode
Area code(s)01865
ISO 3166-2GB-OXF
ONS code38UC (ONS)
E07000178 (GSS)
OS grid referenceSP513061
Websitewww.oxford.gov.uk

Oxford (pronooncit [ˈɒksfəd]) is a ceety, an the coonty toun o Oxfordshire, in Sooth East Ingland. The ceety, made prominent bi its medieval university, haes a population o juist unner 165,000, wi 151,000 livin athin the district boondary. The rivers Cherwell an Thames run through Oxford an meet sooth o the ceety centre. For a distance o some 10 mile (16 km) alang the river, in the vicinity o Oxford, the Thames is kent as The Isis.

Buildings in Oxford demonstrate an example o ivery Breetish architectural period since the arrival o the Saxons, includin the iconic, mid-18t century Radcliffe Camera. Oxford is kent as the "ceety o dreamin spires", a term coined bi poet Matthew Arnold in reference tae the harmonious architecture o Oxford's university buildings. The University o Oxford is the auldest university in the Inglis-speakin warld.[4]

References

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  1. "Oxford City Council". Archived frae the original on 24 Apryle 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. "2011 Census - Built-up areas". ONS. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  3. "Resident Population Estimates by Ethnic Group (Percentages)". National Statistics. Archived frae the original on 21 Mey 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  4. Sager 2005, p. 36.