"LONDON" a London Travel Page by unexplored

London has a total area of 174 square kilometres equivalent to 174,000 hectares.
London's population stands at 7.3 million residents.
One in four Londoners are from ethnic minority groups.
25% of people working in London were born overseas.
There are resident communities from over 90 different countries.
Over 300 languages are spoken in London.
London is home to 14 different religions.
The capital accounts for 50% of all overseas visits to the UK.
75% of all international visitors to the UK visit London.
28 million people visited London for at least one night and spent nearly £9 billion.
39% of London's total area is made up of parks and green spaces, more than any other city of its size in the world.
There are 3 World Heritage Sites in London - the Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London and Maritime Greenwich.
London has over 200 museums, 500 cinema screens, 108 music halls and 5 symphony orchestras.
Every day there are at least 150 events in London.
The Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank is the largest arts centre in Europe.
The annual Notting Hill Carnival is the second largest carnival in the world after Rio de Janeiro.
There are some 30,000 shops and 300 markets in London.
There are over 6,000 restaurants and 5,000 pubs and bars to choose from in London.
London's restaurant and café culture encompasses cuisines from over 70 different countries.
London has a total labour force of around 3.6 million people.
More than 250,000 Londoners' jobs are dependent on the City.
London is Europe's principal business centre and offers unrestricted access to nearly 375 million consumers in the EU, making it the biggest trading bloc in the world.
London's economy - at £162 billion - is larger than Finland, Portugal and the Republic of Ireland. It accounts for 17% of the UK's GDP.
108 of Europe's 500 largest companies have their headquarters in the Capital.
London is Europe's most successful city at attracting overseas companies. There are currently 13,510 overseas owned companies from 92 countries.
London has approximately 13,600km of roads and London Underground has 329km of railway lines.
There are 570 local railway stations, 275 tube stations and 649 bus routes.
The London bus network is one of the largest and most comprehensive urban systems in the world.
London has five international airports, including Heathrow, the world's busiest.
More than 88 million international airline passengers a year fly from London.
The City of London is the world's leading international financial and business centre.
London is the world's largest fund management centre, managing almost half of Europe's institutional equity capital worth $5,500 billion.
The London foreign exchange market is the largest in the world, with an average daily turnover of $504 billion, more than the New York and Tokyo combined.
56% of the global foreign equity market and 70% of Eurobonds are traded in London.
More than 550 international banks (Frankfurt 276, Paris 266, New York 253) and 170 global securities houses have set up offices in London.
19% of international bank lending is arranged in the UK (largest single market).
25% of the world's largest financial companies have their European HQ in London.
London has the largest community of artists anywhere in Europe.
In 2004, 13% (14 out of 110 titles) of Oscar nominated films were made by London-based production companies.
29% of the UK's architects are based in London and 85% of UK fashion designers are based in London.
The capital's manufacturing productivity is over 25 % higher than the rest of the country. It's also growing at twice the rate.
96% of London companies have Internet access and 88% have a company web site.