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The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local govrenment destrict wi unitary authority status, an a ceremonial coonty o Ingland. For ceremonial purposes, the coonty includes the ceety o Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority. It is namit efter the historic East Riding o Yorkshire (ane o three ridings alangside the North Riding an Wast Riding), whilk constitute a ceremonial an administrative coonty till 1974 an aw. Frae 1974 tae 1996 the aurie o the modren East Riding o Yorkshire constitutit the northren pairt o the nan-metropolitan coonty o Humberside.
Geography | |
Status | Ceremonial county and (smaller) unitary destrict |
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Oreegin | Historic diveesion |
Region | Yorkshire an the Humber |
Aurie - Total - Destrict - Destrict aurie |
Rankit 23rd 2,479 km² Rankit 5t 2,409 km² |
Admin. HQ | Beverley |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-ERY (excludes Hull) |
ONS code | 00FB |
NUTS 3 | UKE11/12 |
Chapman code | ERY |
Demographics | |
Population - Total (mid-2016 est.) - Density - District - District. pop. |
Ranked 37t 602,600 139 / km² Ranked 18t |
Ethnicity | 98.3% White 1.1% S.Asian[1] |
Politics | |
East Riding of Yorkshire Council http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/ | |
Leadership | Leader & Cabinet |
Executive | Conservative |
Members o Parliament | |
Districts | |
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