Liverpool is a port city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, 178 miles (286 km) north-west of London. With a population of 496,770 (in 2022), Liverpool is the administrative, cultural and economic centre of the Liverpool City Region, a combined authority area with a population of over 1.5 million. . Established as a borough in Lancashire in 1207, Liverpool became significant in the late 17th century when the Port of Liverpool was heavily involved in the Atlantic slave trade.
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