Lieutenancy area
Separate areas of the United Kingdom appointed a lord-lieutenant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lieutenancy areas /lɛfˈtɛnənsiː/, officially counties and areas for the purposes of the lieutenancies, are the separate areas of the United Kingdom appointed to a lord-lieutenant – a representative of the British monarch. In many cases they have similar demarcation and naming to, but are not necessarily coterminate with, the counties of the United Kingdom.
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Category | County |
Location | United Kingdom |
Created by | Lieutenancies Act 1997 & the Northern Ireland (Lieutenancy) Order 1975 |
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Number | 99 (as of 2008) |
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Populations | 8,000–8,167,000[1] |
Areas | 3–8,611 km2 |
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