Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox Like all cities, Manchester's boundaries have changed plenty over the years.
In fact, go back far enough and Manchester was a parish of 'the hundred of Salford', an ancient division of the historic county of Lancashire.
Usually, tweaks to borders reflect an increase in population and economic activity. And nowhere in the region is changing faster than Manchester city centre, where skyscrapers are popping up all over the place and the number of residents is expected to hit 100,000 by 2025.
But what counts as 'Manchester city centre' in 2021 and why is it important? Traditionally, the city centre has been used to describe everywhere within the
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