Wast Yorkshire Urban Aurie
| Wast Yorkshire Urban Aurie | |
 West Yorkshire Urban Area map |
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| Area | Template:Infobox UK place/area |
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| Population | 1,499,465 |
| - Density | Template:Infobox UK place/dens |
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| Metropolitan county | Wast Yorkshire |
| Region | |
| Country | Ingland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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The Wast Yorkshire Urban Aurie is a term uised bi the Office for National Statistics (ONS) tae refer tae a conurbation in Wast Yorkshire, Ingland, based aroond the ceeties o Leeds, Bradford an Wakefield, an the lairge toun o Huddersfield. Housomeivver, it excludes touns such as Castleford, Halifax, Pontefract an Wetherby which though pairt o the coonty o Wast Yorkshire are considered independently. There are substantial auries o agricultural land athin the designatit aurie - mair than in ony ither offeecial urban aurie in Ingland - mony o the touns an ceeties are anerlie juist connectit wi ane anither bi narrae ootlyin strips o development.
Urban Subdiveesions [edit]
The ONS gives the conurbation a population o 1,499,465 (2001 census),[1] which maks it the fowert-maist populous in the UK. The ONS breaks the aurie doun intae the follaein sub-diveesions:[2]
References [edit]
- ↑ National Statistics (2005). Focus on people and migration: chapter 3 The UK's major urban areas. Retrieved on 20 October 2007. .
- ↑ West Yorkshire Urban Area. National Statistics Online (1 November 2005). Retrieved on 3 November 2009. .
