Question on n-manifolds

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It seems to be more of a conceptual problem than anything, but I was wondering, if a manifold $M$ can be locally parametrized (homeomorphic) by a coordinate chart $F:(u_1,....,u_n) \rightarrow p \in M$, can the manifold have dimension greater than $n$? Also why is it that the manifold has dimension $n?$

I would appreciate some clear clarification.

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The dimension is the dimension of the space in which the local parametrization is defined, and the dimension cannot be greater.

See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invariance_of_domain