Wast Yorkshire
| Wast Yorkshire | |
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 Shown athin England |
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| Geography | |
| Status | Metropolitan coonty & Ceremonial coonty |
| Origin | 1974 (Local Govrenment Act 1972) |
| Region | Yorkshire an the Humber |
| Aurie - Total |
Rankit 29t 2,029 km2 (783 sq mi) |
| Admin HQ | Wakefield (1972-1986) |
| ONS code | 2F |
| NUTS 3 | UKE4 |
| Demography | |
| Population - Total (2005) - Density |
Ranked 4th 2,161,200 1,044 /km2 (2,700 /sq mi) |
| Ethnicity | 88.6% White 8.7% S. Asie |
| Politics | |
| Nae coonty cooncil 200px West Yorkshire Joint Services http://www.wyjs.org.uk/ |
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| Executive | |
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Wast Yorkshire (Inglis: West Yorkshire} is a metropolitan coonty athin the Yorkshire an the Humber region o Ingland wi a population o 2.2 million. Wast Yorkshire came intae existence as a metropolitan coonty in 1974 efter the passage o the Local Govrenment Act 1972.[1]
Wast Yorkshire, which is landlockit, consists o five metropolitan burghs (City of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, City of Leeds an City of Wakefield) an shares borders wi the coonties o Derbyshire (tae the sooth), Greater Manchester (tae the sooth-wast), Lancashire (tae the north-wast), North Yorkshire (tae the north an east) an Sooth Yorkshire (to the south-east).
West Yorkshire County Council wis abolished in 1986, an so its destricts (the metropolitan burghs) are nou effectively unitary authorities. Housomeivver, the metropolitan coonty, which covers an aurie o 2,029 square kilometres (783 sq mi), continues tae exist in law, an as a geographic frame o reference.[2][3][4]
Wast Yorkshire encompasses the Wast Yorkshire Urban Aurie, which is the maist built-up an biggest urban aurie athin the historic county boundaries o Yorkshire.
References [edit]
- Notes
- ↑ Arnold-Baker, C., Local Government Act 1972, (1973)
- ↑ Office of National Statistics – Gazetteer of the old and new geographies of the United Kingdom, p. 48. Retrieved 14 December 2006.
- ↑ Metropolitan Counties and Districts, Beginners' Guide to UK Geography, Office for National Statistics, 17 September 2004. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
- ↑ Yorkshire and Humber Counties, The Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 14 February 2007.
