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Southampton
Southampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England.
Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest. It lies at the northern-most point of Southampton Water where it is joined by the River Test and River Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south of the urban area.
The local authority is Southampton City Council, which is a unitary authority. The city is part of the ceremonial county of Hampshire.
Significant employers in Southampton include the University of Southampton, the Ford Transit factory, Ordnance Survey, The NHS and one of the largest commercial ports in Europe.
The city represents the core of the Greater Southampton region, with a population of 228,600. The city's name is sometimes abbreviated in writing to "So'ton" or "Soton", and a resident of Southampton is called a Sotonian.
Southampton is noted for being the home of the RMS Titanic, the Spitfire and more recently a number of the largest cruise ships in the world.