North East England

North East England is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes.[lower-alpha 1] The region has three current administrative levels below the region level in the region: combined authority, unitary authority or metropolitan borough, and civil parishes. They are also multiple divisions without administrative functions; ceremonial county, emergency services (fire-and-rescue and police), built-up areas and historic county. The largest settlements in the region are Newcastle upon Tyne, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Gateshead, Darlington, Hartlepool and Durham.

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North East England
Region
Left to right; top: Angel of the North Upper: Saltburn Pier and Spanish City Lower: Hexham Abbey and Durham Cathedral Bottom: Tyne Millennium and Tees Transporter bridges
North East England, highlighted in red
Coordinates: 55.00°N 1.87°W / 55.00; -1.87
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Combined authorities	North of Tyne North East Tees Valley
Districts	7 unitary 5 metropolitan
Counties	County Durham Northumberland North Yorkshire (part) Tyne and Wear
Government
• MPs	29 (of 650)
Area [1]
• Total	3,350 sq mi (8,676 km2)
• Land	3,313 sq mi (8,581 km2)
• Water	7 sq mi (18 km2)
• Rank	8th
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	2,647,013
• Estimate  (Mid-2021)[3]	2,646,772
• Rank	9th
• Density	800/sq mi (308/km2)
• Rank	8th
Ethnicity (2021) [2]
• Ethnic groups	93.0% White 3.7% Asian 1.3% Mixed 1.0% Black 1.0% other
Religion (2021) [2]
• Religion	50.8% Christianity 40.0% no religion 2.7% Islam 0.4% Hinduism 0.3% Sikhism 0.3% Buddhism 0.2% Judaism 0.4% other 5.0% not stated
GSS code	E12000001
ITL code	TLC
GVA	2021 estimate[4]
• Total	£56.5 billion
• Rank	9th
• Per capita	£21,340
• Rank	9th
GDP (nominal)	2021 estimate[5]
• Total	£65.0 billion
• Rank	9th
• Per capita	£24,575
• Rank	9th

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