Oxford

Oxford City of Oxford
Ceety an non-metropolitan destrict
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.
Coat o airms o Oxford
Eik-name(s):  "the Ceety o Dreamin Spires"
Motto(s):  "Fortis est veritas" "The truth is strong"
Shawn within Oxfordshire
Coordinates: 51°45′7″N 1°15′28″W
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Constituent kintra	Ingland
Region	Sooth East Ingland
Ceremonial coonty	Oxfordshire
Admin HQ	Oxford Ceety Centre
Foondit	8t century
Ceety status	1542
Govrenment
• Teep	Ceety
• Govrening body	Oxford Ceety Cooncil
• Lord Mayor	Cllr Mohammed Abbasi (2014–2015) (Lab)
• Sheriff o Oxford	Rae Humberstone (Lab)
• Executive Cooncil Leader	Labour Cllr Bob Price
• MPs	Nicola Blackwood (C) Andrew Smith (L)
Area
• Ceety an non-metropolitan destrict	45.59 km2 (17.60 sq mi)
Population  (2011 est.)
• Ceety an non-metropolitan destrict	162,040 (ranked 118t o 326)
• Density	3270/km2 (8,500/sq mi)
• Urban	171,380
• Metro	244,000
• Ethnicity	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 zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode	OX1 • OX2 • OX3 • OX4
Area code(s)	01865
ISO 3166-2	GB-OXF
ONS code	38UC (ONS) E07000178 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SP513061
Website	www.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.