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Newham

The London Borough of Newham is a London borough inside east London. It is about five miles (8 km) east of the City of London, north of the River Thames. The borough was created by merging the former area of the Essex county borough of East Ham along with the county borough of West Ham as a borough of the newly formed Greater London, on 1 April 1965. Green Street and Boundary Road mark the former boundary involving the two. North Woolwich also became a part of the borough, which was previously inside the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich, south of the River Thames inside the County of London, as well as a smaller area west of the River Roding that had previously been part of the Municipal Borough of Barking.

The borough covers a total area of 13.98 square miles. As outlined by population estimates made in the middle of 2014, Newham is a borough with a permanent population of about 324322 individuals. Based on the 2011 Census, Newham has the youngest general population in the country. Transport in Newham is undergoing a significant upgrade, together with the completed Docklands Light Railway and Jubilee Line Extension, and new or enhanced stations at Canning Town, West Ham and Stratford. The Docklands Light Railway was extended to serve London City Airport.

Newham was among the list of six host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics and contains the majority of the Olympic Park such as the Olympic Stadium.