Birmingham
city in West Midlands, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Birmingham (/ˈbɜːrmɪŋəm/ (listen)[3] BUR-ming-əm) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. It is the second-largest metropolitan area and city in the United Kingdom.
This article is about the UK city. For the US city, see Birmingham, Alabama. For other uses, see Birmingham (disambiguation).
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Birmingham | |
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Etymology: Old English Beormingahām (home or settlement of the Beormingas) | |
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Motto: Forward | |
Coordinates: 52°28′59″N 1°53′37″W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | West Midlands |
Ceremonial county | West Midlands |
Historic county | Warwickshire |
Settlement | c. 600 |
Seigneurial borough | 1166 |
Municipal borough | 1838 |
City status | 14 January 1889 |
Metropolitan borough | 1 April 1974 |
Administrative HQ | The Council House, Victoria Square |
Government | |
• Type | Metropolitan borough |
• Body | Birmingham City Council |
• Leadership | Leader and cabinet |
• Executive | |
• Leader | Vacant (Deputy Leader Ian Ward, acting) |
• Lord Mayor | Anne Underwood |
• Chief Executive (Interim) | Stella Manzie CBE |
Area | |
• City | 103.4 sq mi (267.8 km2) |
• Urban | 231.2 sq mi (598.9 km2) |
• Rank | 151st |
Elevation | 460 ft (140 m) |
Population (2005 est.) | |
• City | 1,124,600 |
• Rank | 1st |
• Density | 10,880/sq mi (4,199/km2) |
• Urban | 2,440,986 (3rd) |
• Metro | 4,332,629 (List of metropolitan areas in Europe) |
Demonym | Brummie |
Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
Postcode | B |
Area code | 0121 |
ISO 3166 code | GB-BIR |
GSS code | E08000025 |
NUTS 3 code | UKG31 |
ONS code | 00CN |
OS grid reference | SP066868 |
Motorways | M6 M6 Toll M5 M42 A38(M) |
Ethnicity (2011 Census) [1] |
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International airports | Birmingham (BHX) |
Major railway stations | Birmingham New Street (A) Birmingham Moor Street (B) Birmingham Snow Hill (C1) |
GDP | US$ 121.1 billion[2] (2nd) |
– Per capita | US$ 31,572[2] |
Councillors | 120 |
MPs | List
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Website | www.birmingham.gov.uk |
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About 1.1 million people live in Birmingham. Around 4.3 million people live in its metropolitan area.[4][5][6] Many people call it the "second city" of the United Kingdom.[7][8][9]