Oxford

Oxford is a city in central southern England, the home of the University of Oxford. The city is the county town of  Oxford shire, and forms a district within the county.
It has a population of just under 165,000, of whom 153,900 live within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles (80 km) north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames (also sometimes known as the Isis locally) run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre.

Oxford has a maritime temperate climate ("Cfb" by the Köppen system). Precipitation is uniformly distributed throughout the year and is provided mostly by weather systems that arrive from the Atlantic. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Oxford was −16.6°C (2.1°F) in January 1982. The highest temperature ever recorded in Oxford is 35.6°C (96°F) in August 2003 during the 2003 European heat wave.

Oxford has a diverse economy, which includes manufacturing, publishing and science-based industries as well as education, research and tourism.

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