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London
Capital of Great Britain is situated at both sides of the river Theems. Greater London is 1580 km2 with a population of 6,6 million inhabitants. London is divided in 32 boroughs.

6 600 000 villagers in London, at the flood of 1953 in the Netherlands 2,5 % of the Dutch population died. That would be     165 000 dead in London. That's 110 x the number of dead that drowned at the sink of the Titanic.

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