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Hackney
The London Borough of Hackney is a north east London Borough inside Inner London in the UK. Southern and eastern parts of the borough are popularly, but unofficially, regarded as being part of east London, with northern and western locations regarded to belong to north London. The London Plan, issued by the Greater London Authority, assigns whole boroughs to sub-regions for statutory monitoring, engagement and resource allocation purposes. The most recent 2011 iteration of this strategy assigns Hackney to the 'East' sub-region, even though the 2008 and 2004 versions assigned the borough to 'North' and 'East' sub-regions respectively.
Hackney is bounded by Islington towards the west, Haringey towards the north, Waltham Forest to the north-east, Newham towards the east, Tower Hamlets towards the south-east along with the City of London to the south-west. It covers a total area of 7.36 square miles. According to population estimates from 2014, the borough includes a permanent population of about 263150 individuals. A great deal of Hackney retains an inner-city character, but in such locations as Dalston big housing estates have been joined by newly created gated communities. In South Hackney, near Victoria Park, terraced Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian housing still survives.
Towards the east is the big open space of Hackney Marshes along with the districts of Hackney Wick and Homerton. Light industries in the area around the River Lea employ more than 3000 personnel. Some of the area was used for the 2012 Summer Olympics.