Birmingham

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Birmingham is a major industrial city in England’s West Midlands, historically significant for its manufacturing heritage and heavy bombing during the Second World War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
metropolitan borough
country United Kingdom
developedRapidlyDuring Industrial Revolution
distanceFromLondon approximately 100 miles northwest
event The Blitz
surface form: Birmingham Blitz
governingBody Birmingham City Council
governmentType metropolitan borough council
hasAirport Birmingham Airport
hasCeremonialHeadTitle Lord Mayor of Birmingham
hasCulturalInstitution Birmingham Museum of Art
surface form: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Library of Birmingham
Symphony Hall
hasLeaderTitle Leader of the Council
hasMajorRailStation Birmingham Moor Street
Birmingham New Street
Birmingham Snow Hill
hasMotorway M42 motorway
M5 motorway
M6 motorway
hasReligiousBuilding Birmingham Cathedral
Birmingham Central Mosque
hasSportsVenue Edgbaston Cricket Ground
St Andrew's Stadium
Villa Park
hasUniversity Aston University
Birmingham City University
University College Birmingham
University of Birmingham
historicalCounty Warwickshire
hostedEvent 2022 Commonwealth Games
isCoreCity yes
isLargestCityInRegion West Midlands
knownFor Industrial Revolution role
canal network
heavy bombing during the Second World War
heavy industry
jewellery and jewellery quarter
manufacturing heritage
metalworking and engineering
locatedIn England
locatedInRegion West Midlands
locatedNear Birmingham Plateau
locatedOn River Rea
nicknamed the city of a thousand trades
the workshop of the world
partOf West Midlands
surface form: West Midlands metropolitan county
populationRankInUK second largest city by population after London
timePeriodOfEvent World War II
surface form: Second World War
twinTown Frankfurt am Main
surface form: Frankfurt

Lyon
Milan

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Blitz location Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States namedAfter Birmingham
subject surface form: Birmingham, Alabama
this entity surface form: Birmingham, England
United Kingdom majorCity Birmingham
England containsCity Birmingham
Vulcan statue ownedBy Birmingham
this entity surface form: City of Birmingham
Avanti West Coast connectsCity Birmingham
Malala Yousafzai residence Birmingham
Guangzhou sisterCity Birmingham
Eurocities foundedBy Birmingham
Eurocities hasMember Birmingham
Lichfield, Staffordshire, England nearestMajorCity Birmingham
subject surface form: Lichfield
Edinburgh Waverley hasServiceTo Birmingham
Birmingham New Street locatedIn Birmingham
James Watt workLocation Birmingham
James Watt residence Birmingham
West Midlands capital Birmingham
West Midlands largestCity Birmingham
The Blitz location Birmingham
Lyon twinnedWith Birmingham
Regions Field city Birmingham
Regions Field isLocatedInNeighborhood Birmingham
this entity surface form: Southside, Birmingham
Birmingham City Hall locatedIn Birmingham
Frankfurt am Main sisterCity Birmingham
Mary Lee Woods placeOfBirth Birmingham
Birmingham pub bombings location Birmingham
Birmingham pub bombings cityCentreArea Birmingham
this entity surface form: Birmingham city centre
Plzeň twinCity Birmingham
Midlands majorCity Birmingham
Tony Hancock placeOfBirth Birmingham
this entity surface form: Birmingham, England
W. H. Auden residence Birmingham
Conway Berners-Lee placeOfBirth Birmingham
Matthew Boulton birthPlace Birmingham
Matthew Boulton locationOfWork Birmingham
Soho House, Handsworth locatedIn Birmingham
Soho House, Handsworth city Birmingham
Joseph Priestley residence Birmingham
this entity surface form: Birmingham, England