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Yorkshire. / 54°N 1°W / 54; -1. Yorkshire ( / ˈjɔːrkʃər, - ʃɪər / YORK-shər, -sheer) is an area of Northern England which was historically a county. [ 1] Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. [ 2] The county was named after its original county town, the city of York .
List of cities in the United Kingdom. Examples of major urban areas in the United Kingdom; Liverpool, Edinburgh, Newcastle upon Tyne; and London. This is a list of cities in the United Kingdom that are officially designated as such as of 12 November 2022. [ 1][ 2] It lists those places that have been granted city status by letters patent or ...
53°58′N 1°05′W / . 53.96°N 1.08°W. / 53.96; -1.08. York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss. It is the county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a minster, castle, and city walls.
GSS code. E12000003. Yorkshire and the Humber is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. [ a] The population in 2021 was 5,480,774 [ 3] with its largest settlements being Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull, and York .
England. Yorkshire. 53°47′51″N 01°32′37″W. / 53.79750°N 1.54361°W / 53.79750; -1.54361. Leeds is a city [ a] in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom.
List of towns and cities in England by historical population, the development of urban centres in England and before England through time. Settlements in ceremonial counties of England by population, places with 5,000 or more residents by county and the highest populated built-up area in each county. List of English districts by population ...
The City of York, officially simply "York", [6] is a unitary authority area with city status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. [7]The district's main settlement is York, and its coverage extends to the town of Haxby and the villages of Earswick, Upper Poppleton, Nether Poppleton, Copmanthorpe, Bishopthorpe, Dunnington, Stockton on the Forest, Rufforth, Askham Bryan and ...
Sheffield is a geographically diverse city.[56] It nestles in the eastern foothills of the Pennines,[57]between the main upland range and Peak District National Parkto the west, and the lower-lying South Yorkshire Coalfieldto the east. It lies at the confluence of five rivers: Don, Sheaf, Rivelin, Loxleyand Porter.