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Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne | |
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     Frae tap-left: Newcastle Quayside an River Tyne, St James' Park stadium, Theatre Royal, Georgian airchitectur aroond Grey's Monument, the Castle | |
 Coat airms | |
| Eik-name(s): Newcastle, The Toon, Paris of the North | |
| Motto(s): "Fortiter Defendit Triumphans" (Latin: "Triumphing bi brave defence") | |
.svg) Location o Newcastle upon Tyne in Ingland | |
| Coordinates: 54°58′N 1°36′W / 54.967°N 1.600°WCoordinates: 54°58′N 1°36′W / 54.967°N 1.600°W | |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Constituent kintra | England |
| Region | North East |
| Coonty | Tyne an Wear |
| Foondit | 2nt century |
| Toun charter | Henry II |
| Coonty Corporate | 1400 |
| Ceety status | 1882 |
| Status | Ceety & metropolitan borough |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenin body | Newcastle Ceety Cooncil |
| • Lord Mayor | Cooncillor Jackie Slesenger[1] |
| • Admeenistrative HQ | Newcastle Civic Centre |
| Area | |
| • City | 225 km2 (139 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 est.)[2] | |
| • City | 300,125 (Ranked 39t) |
| • Urban | 879,996 (Tyneside) (Ranked 7t) |
| • Metro | 1,650,000 (Tyne an Wear Ceety Region) (Ranked 6t) |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Postcode | |
| Area code(s) | 0191 |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-NET |
| ONS code | 00CJ (ONS) E08000021 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | NZ249645 |
| NUTS 3 | UKC22 |
| Demonym | Geordie, Novocastrian |
| Website | www.newcastle.gov.uk |
Newcastle upon Tyne (for ordinar cried juist Newcastle) is a ceety in the north-east o Ingland. It is locatit alang the north baunk o the River Tyne an the umwhile coonty toun o Northumberland. Mair nor 190,000 fowk bide in the ceety, but e'en mair bides in the surroondin aurie.
- ↑ Lord Mayor | Newcastle City Council Archived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine. Newcastle.gov.uk (1 April 2013). Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
- ↑ Pointer, Graham. "The UK's major urban areas" (PDF). statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 Apryle 2007.
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