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Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester located in the North West region of England.
It stands on the River Douglas, 15 miles south of Preston, 16.5 miles west-northwest of Manchester, and 17.4 miles east-northeast of Liverpool. Wigan is the town settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town of Wigan had a total population of 81,203 according to the 2001 census, whilst the wider Metropolitan Borough has a population of 305,600.
Historically Wigan was a part of Lancashire.
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Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England. Greater Manchester came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974. The county is made up of ten metropolitan boroughs, including the City of Manchester and the City of Salford. Greater Manchester borders Cheshire, Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, Lancashire and Merseyside.
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