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onesboro or Jonesborough is the name of a number of settlements in the United States and the United Kingdom: United States Jonesboro, Arkansas Jonesboro massacre, a school shooting incident Jonesboro, Georgia, originally Jonesborough Battle of Jonesborough, final battle of the Atlanta Campaign Jonesboro, Illinois, site of the third of the Lincoln–Douglas debates Jonesboro, Indiana Jonesboro, Louisiana Jonesboro, Maine Jonesboro, Ohio Jonesboro, Oregon Jonesborough, Tennessee, "Tennessee's oldest town"United Kingdom Jonesborough, County Armagh, a small village in Northern Ireland

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Leicester ( (listen) LEH-ster) is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National Forest. It is to the north-east of Birmingham and Coventry, south of Nottingham, and west of Peterborough. The 2016 mid year estimate of the population of the City of Leicester unitary authority was 348,300, an increase of approximately 18,500 ( 5.6%) from the 2011 census figure of 329,839, making it the most populous municipality in the East Midlands region.

The associated urban area is also the 11th most populous in England and the 13th most populous in the United Kingdom.Leicester is at the intersection of two major railway lines—the north–south Midland Main Line and the east/west Birmingham to London Stansted CrossCountry line; as well as the confluence of the M1/M69 motorways and the A6/A46 trunk routes. Leicester is the home to football club Leicester City and rugby club Leicester Tigers.

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