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Doncaster is a large town
in South Yorkshire, England and the principal settlement of the
Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is located about 20 miles
from Sheffield and is popularly referred to by some of its residents as
"Donny". Doncaster has a new international airport and its
centre has undergone regeneration including the development of an
Education City campus, currently the largest education investment of its
kind in the UK. Doncaster has also recently extended the Frenchgate
Centre, a shopping centre and transport interchange.
According
to the 2001 census the urban sub-area of Doncaster had a population of
67,977 - together with Bentley, Armthorpe and Kirk Sandall it forms an
urban area with a population of 127,851. The wider metropolitan borough
has a population of around 290,000.
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