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Facts

• 112,000 people work in the citys financial and business sectors
• the city is fast developing as a centre for the new, online economy
• the citys media, communications and advertising sector is growing by about 10% a year
• The city has the most diverse economy in the UK
• London kings Cross can be reached by rail in just over 2 hours
• The city centre has 2 miles of traffic free shopping and over 1,000 shops
• Leeds is one of the greenest cities in Europe, with greenbelt land covering over two thirds of its total area
• The city centre is less than 20miles from the yorkshire dales national park
• Leeds was named "Best place in Britain to live" by Henley Management Centre
• Leeds is one of the top student destinations in the UK and the University of leeds is one of the UKs top 10 research universities
• There are over 200,000 students here, 64,000 of whom are defree students at leeds two internationally acclaimed universities
• 750,000 people make Leeds the second largest metropolitan district in England
• in 731 AD bedes "history of english chruch and people" mention leeds parish church. leeds was then called Loidis
• The foundations of Kirkstall Abbey were built in 1152 in leeds
• Leeds became a city of Royal Charter in 1898