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==Location== [[File:Soho (London) OSM map.png|thumb|200px|Map of Soho]] Soho has never been an administrative unit with formally defined boundaries; it is about {{convert|1|sqmi}} in area, and is usually considered to be bounded by [[Shaftesbury Avenue]] to the south, [[Oxford Street]] to the north, [[Regent Street]] to the west, and [[Charing Cross Road]] to the east.{{sfn|Kirby|2013|p=47}} Apart from Oxford Street, all of these roads are 19th-century metropolitan improvements. The area to the west is known as [[Mayfair]], to the north [[Fitzrovia]], to the east [[St Giles, London|St Giles]] and [[Covent Garden]], and to the south [[St James's]].<ref name=map>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Soho,+London/@51.5131701,-0.1399411,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x487604d49de7df6d:0x50a5d7601c1f44fa!8m2!3d51.5136143!4d-0.1365486?hl=en|title=Soho, London|publisher=Google Maps|access-date=10 November 2017}}</ref> Soho is part of the [[West End (Westminster ward)|West End]] electoral ward which elects three councillors to [[Westminster City Council]].<ref>{{cite report|url=http://transact.westminster.gov.uk/docstores/publications_store/wardprofiles/West-End-Ward-Profile-2015.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111094633/http://transact.westminster.gov.uk/docstores/publications_store/wardprofiles/West-End-Ward-Profile-2015.pdf |archive-date=11 November 2017 |url-status=live|title=West End Ward Profile|publisher=Westminster City Council|page=2|year=2015|access-date=10 November 2017}}</ref> The nearest [[List of London Underground stations|London Underground stations]] are [[Oxford Circus tube station|Oxford Circus]], [[Piccadilly Circus tube station|Piccadilly Circus]], [[Tottenham Court Road tube station|Tottenham Court Road]], [[Leicester Square tube station|Leicester Square]] and [[Covent Garden tube station|Covent Garden]].<ref name=map/> {{Geographic location |title = '''Neighbouring areas of London''' |Northwest = [[Marylebone]] |North = [[Fitzrovia]] |Northeast = [[Bloomsbury]] |West = [[Mayfair]] |Centre = Soho |East = [[Covent Garden]] |Southwest = [[Mayfair]] and [[St James's]] |South = [[St James's]] |Southeast = [[Charing Cross]] }}
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