Basic information about Liverpool

Liverpool is situated in the northwest of England, located in the Liverpool Bay of the Irish sea. It belongs to the Merseyside council.

Its surface is of 111 840 000 km2, and has 1 103 089 inhabitants.

Although a small motte and bailey castle had earlier been built by the Normans at West Derby, the origins of the city of Liverpool are usually dated from 28 August 1207, when letters patent were issued by King John advertising the establishment of a new borough, "Livpul", and inviting settlers to come and take up holdings there. It is thought that the King wanted a port in the district that was free from the control of the Earl of Chester. Initially it served as a dispatch point for troops sent to Ireland, soon after the building around 1235 of Liverpool Castle, which was removed in 1726.

Its been an important city because it has a strategic seaport for foreign trade. It was also important in the industrial revolution.