 Birmingham
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Welcome to City of
Birmingham, Alabama.
Birmingham
(pronunciation (help·info); IPA /ˈbɜːmɪŋˌəm/; Burr-ming-um)
is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands
county of England. Birmingham is the largest of England's
core cities, and is often considered to be the second city
of the United Kingdom.[2] The City of Birmingham has a
population of 1,006,500 (2006 estimate).[3] It forms part of
the larger West Midlands conurbation, which has a population
of 2,284,093 (2001 census)[4] and includes several
neighbouring towns and cities, such as Solihull,
Wolverhampton and the towns of the Black Country.
The city's reputation was forged as a powerhouse of the
Industrial Revolution in Britain, a fact which led to
Birmingham being known as "the workshop of the world" or the
"city of a thousand trades".[5] Although Birmingham's
industrial importance has declined, it has developed into a
national commercial centre, being named as the third best
place in the United Kingdom to locate a business, and the
21st best in Europe by Cushman & Wakefield in 2007.[6] It is
also the fourth most visited city by foreign visitors in the
UK.[7] In 1998, Birmingham hosted the G8 summit at the
International Convention Centre, the birthplace of
exhibitions in 1850 and remains a popular location for
conventions today.[8]
People from Birmingham are known as 'Brummies', a term
derived from the city's nickname of Brum. This comes in turn
from the city's dialect name, Brummagem,[9] which is derived
from one of the city's earlier names, 'Bromwicham'. There is
a distinctive Brummie dialect (distinct vocabulary and
syntax) and accent, both of which differ from the adjacent
Black Country.
Birmingham
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