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Wikipedia: Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. It is the most populous British city outside London with a population of 1,016,800 (2008 estimate), and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the United Kingdom's second most populous Urban Area with a population of 2,284,093 (2001 census). Birmingham's metropolitan area, which includes surrounding towns to which it is closely tied through commuting, is the United Kingdom's second most populous with a population of 3,683,000.
![[Thomas Attwood addressing the Birmingham Political Union during the Days of May, 1832]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Benjamin_Haydon_Meeting_of_the_Birmingham_Political_Union_s.jpg "Thomas Attwood addressing the Birmingham Political Union during the Days of May, 1832")
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![[17 & 19 Newhall Street in Birmingham's characteristic Victorian red brick and terracotta]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bell_Edison_Telephone_Building_s.jpg "17 & 19 Newhall Street in Birmingham's characteristic Victorian red brick and terracotta")
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![[The Mailbox, headquarters of BBC Birmingham.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/The_mailbox_s.jpg "The Mailbox, headquarters of BBC Birmingham.")
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![[The Jaguar XF, made by Jaguar Cars at Castle Bromwich Assembly]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/2009_Jaguar_XF_DC_s.jpg "The Jaguar XF, made by Jaguar Cars at Castle Bromwich Assembly")
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![[Selfridges, by architects Future Systems.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/SelfridgesBhamFront_s.jpg "Selfridges, by architects Future Systems.")
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![[Selfridges, by architects Future Systems.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Selfridges_Birmingham_at_night_s.jpg "Selfridges, by architects Future Systems.")
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![[The BCN Main Line canal of the Birmingham Canal Navigations between the International Convention Centre and...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Brindleyplace_Birmingham_s.jpg "The BCN Main Line canal of the Birmingham Canal Navigations between the International Convention Centre and...")
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![[Rhyl Sands (ca. 1854), Oil on Canvas, by David Cox]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/David_Cox_Rhyl_Sands_28Tate_version_29_s.jpg "Rhyl Sands (ca. 1854), Oil on Canvas, by David Cox")
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![[Digbeth Police Station]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Digbeth_Police_Station_2C_Birmingham_2_s.jpg "Digbeth Police Station")
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![[Colmore Row in Birmingham's Business District.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ColmoreRowBirmingham_2_s.jpg "Colmore Row in Birmingham's Business District.")
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![[Barber Institute of Fine Arts]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BirminghamBarberInstitute_2_s.jpg "Barber Institute of Fine Arts")
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![[Canalside apartments in Birmingham City Centre]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Birmingham_canalside_apartments_at_dusk_2_s.jpg "Canalside apartments in Birmingham City Centre")
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![[View across the city from the Lickey Hills, with Longbridge in the foreground.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Birmingham_panorama_from_the_Lickey_Hills_2_s.jpg "View across the city from the Lickey Hills, with Longbridge in the foreground.")
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![[University of Birmingham]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BirminghamUniversityChancellorsCourt_2_s.jpg "University of Birmingham")
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from JimmyGuano |
from GavinWarrins |
![[Birmingham Central Library]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BirminghamCentralLibrary_2_s.jpg "Birmingham Central Library")
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![[Black Sabbath, a pioneer band in heavy-metal music, was formed in Birmingham.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Black_Sabbath_1999_12_16_Stuttgart_2_s.jpg "Black Sabbath, a pioneer band in heavy-metal music, was formed in Birmingham.")
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![[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/The_Rep_from_Broad_Street_2C_Birmingham_2_s.jpg "Birmingham Repertory Theatre")
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![[The fruit and vegetable section of the Birmingham Wholesale Markets]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Birmingham_Wholesale_Markets_2_s.jpg "The fruit and vegetable section of the Birmingham Wholesale Markets")
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![[Test cricket at Edgbaston Cricket Ground.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Edgbaston_England_vs_Australia_2009_2_s.jpg "Test cricket at Edgbaston Cricket Ground.")
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![[Aston Villa vs. Birmingham City in the Second City Derby at Villa Park.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/AstonvillavsBirmingham06_2_s.jpg "Aston Villa vs. Birmingham City in the Second City Derby at Villa Park.")
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![[Birmingham in 1886]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Birmingham_in_1886_2_s.jpg "Birmingham in 1886")
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![[Ex Cathedra performing at Birmingham Town Hall]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ExCathedra_BirminghamTownHall_byJamesAshby_20080301_s.jpg "Ex Cathedra performing at Birmingham Town Hall")
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![[Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Birmingham_Art_Gallery_26_Museum_s.jpg "Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery")
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![[Matthew Boulton]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Matthew_Boulton_Carl_Frederik_von_Breda_s.jpg "Matthew Boulton")
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from G-Man |
from Giovanni-P |
![[The Electric Cinema]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ElectricCinema_s.jpg "The Electric Cinema")
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![[Joseph Chamberlain]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Chamberlain_2_s.jpg "Joseph Chamberlain")
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from Magnus_Manske |
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![[St. Philip's Cathedral]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/St_Philips_Cathedral_2C_Birmingham_from_the_east_2_s.jpg "St. Philip's Cathedral")
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