Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull, uisually referred tae as Hull, is a ceety an unitary authority aurie in the ceremonial coonty o the East Riding o Yorkshire, Ingland. It staunds on the River Hull at its junction wi the Humber estuary, 25 miles (40 km) inland frae the North Sea. Hull haes a resident population o 258,700 (2008 est.). The Lairger Urban Zone (LUZ) population staunds at 573,300.

Twinned ceeties

Hull Ceety Haw

Hull haes formal twinnin arrangements wi several places:

	Kintra		Place		Coonty / Destrict / Region / State	Date
	Sierra Leone		Freetown		Wastren Aurie
	Japan		Niigata		Niigata
	Unitit States		Raleigh		North Carolina
	Iceland		Reykjavík		Reykjavík
	Netherlands		Rotterdam		Sooth Holland
	Poland		Szczecin		West Pomerania
	Australie		Launceston		Tasmanie

Hull, Massachusetts, in the USA is named efter this ceety, as is Hull, Quebec, which is pairt o the Canadian naitional caipital region.

Freemit airtins

• Hull Ceety Cooncil

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