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Introduction

Liverpool (city), city in north-western England, administrative centre of the metropolitan county of Merseyside, on the River Mersey, near its mouth on the Irish Sea. Liverpool is the commercial focus of a large metropolitan area. Although its exports (largely manufactured goods) have declined, it remains one of Britain's major ports. Liverpool is connected to the Wirral peninsula across the river by two motor-vehicle tunnels (1934, 1971) and a railway tunnel. Population 439,476 (2001).