Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. It is the second largest city in the West Midlands region, after Birmingham, with a population of 345,385 in 2015.
Coventry has been a centre of motor and cycle manufacturing from 1896. Coventry motor companies have contributed significantly to the British motor industry.
Today, Coventry's main industries include: cars, electronic equipment, machine tools, agricultural machinery, man-made fibres, aerospace components and telecommunications equipment. In recent years, the city has moved away from manufacturing industries towards business services, finance, research, design and development, creative industries as well as logistics and leisure.
The city has two universities, Coventry University in the city centre and the University of Warwick on the southern outskirts.
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