Show alie different lLo nilon the size of london is somewhat indefinite ant may be said to cover about a square mile the postal district covers an area of square miles the police district extends still farther covering an area of square miles on alie other liand the parliamentary london is much narrower it consists of 10 boroughs of which the city of london although the smallest having inhabitants in 1881 is represented by four members on account of its commercial and financial importance while each of the other nine although larger is represented only by two westminster chelsea Cb elsea marylebone Maryl ebone hackney ainsbury finsbury Fins bury tower hamlets lambeth southwall South walk greenwich put together these 10 boroughs represent only a population of about and the remainder of the inhabitants of the city belong to electoral districts generally however the size of the city is determined by the area under the operation of the metropolis local government act which is also adopted by the registrar general of the census according to the definition london coverson cov ersin area of square miles forming parts of the counties of middlesex surrey and kent baltimore american |