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City and Unitary authority area | |
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 Southampton shown within Hampshire | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | South East England |
| Ceremonial county | Hampshire |
| Admin HQ | Southampton |
| Settled | c. AD43 |
| City status | 1964 |
| Unitary authority | 1997 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unitary authority, City |
| • Governing body | Southampton City Council |
| • Leadership | Leader and Cabinet |
| • Executive | |
| • MPs | Royston Smith (C) Alan Whitehead (L) Caroline Nokes (C) |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 28.1 sq mi (72.8 km2) |
| Population (2010 est) | |
| • City and Unitary authority area | 253,651 (Ranked 57) |
| • Urban | 855,569 |
| • Metro | 1,547,000 |
| • Ethnicity (United Kingdom 2005 Estimate) | 85.9% White (77.7% White British) 8.4% Asian 2.2% Black. 1.2% other 2.4% Mixed Race |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
| Postcode span | |
| GVA | 2013 |
| • Total | £9.7 bn ($15.7 bn) (12th) |
| • Growth |  2.6% |
| • Per capita | £21,400 ($34,300) (15th) |
| • Growth | 0.6% |
| GDP | US$ 51.6 billion |
| GDP per capita | US$ 37,832 |
| Website | www |
Southampton is a city in the United Kingdom. The city is in Hampshire. It is about in the middle of the south coast of England. Southampton is the largest city on the south coast.
It is an important port. It is the nearest city to the New Forest. In 1912, the RMS Titanic sailed from there as was common with most ocean liners at the time. It contains several memorials and museum exhibitions related with the doomed ship.
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