Leeds is a ceety an metropolitan borough in Wast Yorkshire, Ingland. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdiveesion haed a population o 443,247, while the entire ceety haed a population o 770,800 (2008 est.). Leeds is the cultural, financial an commercial hert of the Wast Yorkshire Urban Aurie, which at the 2001 census haed a population o 1.5 million, an the Leeds ceety region, an economic aurie wi Leeds at its core, haed a population o 2.9 million. Leeds is the UK's lairgest centre for business, legal, an financial services ootside Lunnon.
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Leeds |
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 Clockwise frae tap left: Leeds Toun Haw, Trinity Leeds, Bridgewater Place, Leeds Dock, First Direct Arena. |
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Motto(s): Pro rege et lege (Laitin: "For keeng an the law") |
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Coordinates: 53°47′59″N 1°32′57″W |
Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
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Constituent kintra | Ingland |
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Region | Yorkshire an the Humber |
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Ceety region | Leeds |
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Ceremonial coonty | Wast Yorkshire |
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Historic coonty | Yorkshire |
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Burgh chairter | 1207 |
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Municipal chairter | 1626 |
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Ceety status | 1893 |
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Admeenistrative HQ | Leeds Civic Hall, Millennium Square |
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Govrenment |
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• Teep | Metropolitan burgh |
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• Bodi | Leeds Ceety Cooncil |
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• Leadership | Leader an cabinet |
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• Executive | Labour |
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• Leader | Judith Blake |
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• Laird Mayor | Jane Dowson |
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• Chief Executive | Tom Riordan |
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Area |
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• Ceety | 551.7 km2 (213.0 sq mi) |
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• Urban | 487.8 km2 (188.3 sq mi) |
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Area rank | 84t |
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Highest elevation | 340 m (1115 ft) |
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Lowest elevation | 10 m (33 ft) |
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Population (2011 est.) |
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• Ceety | 811,956 |
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• Rank | 2nt |
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• Density | 1361/km2 (3,520/sq mi) |
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• Urban | 1,901,934 (4t) |
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• Urban density | 3,645/km2 (9,440/sq mi) |
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• Metro | 2,638,127 (4t) |
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• Ethnicity (2011 census)[3] | 85% White 5.7% Asie or Asie Breetish 3.5% Black or Black Breetish 2.7% Mixed Race 3.1% Ither |
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Demonym(s) | Loiner, Leodensian |
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Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
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• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (Breetish Simmer Time) |
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Postcode auries | LS WF, BD (pairts) |
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Diallin codes | 0113 (Leeds) 01924 (Wakefield) 01937 (Wetherby) 01943 (Guiseley) 01977 (Pontefract) |
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ISO 3166 code | GB-LDS |
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GSS code | E08000035 |
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NUTS 3 code | UKE42 |
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ONS code | 00DA |
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OS grid reference | SE296338 |
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Motorweys | M1 M62 M621 A1(M) A58(M) A64(M) |
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Major railwey stations | Leeds (A) |
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Internaitional airports | Leeds Bradford (LBA) |
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GDP | US$ 82.98 billion[4][5] |
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– Per capita | US$33,355[4] |
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GVA (2015) | £21.3bn (4t) 14.6% |
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– Per capita | £27,466 (4t) 14.6% |
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Councillors | 99 |
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MPs |
Leet o MPs
- Alec Shelbrooke (C)
- Hilary Benn (L)
- Richard Burgon (L)
- Fabian Hamilton (L)
- Greg Mulholland (LD)
- Rachel Reeves (L)
- Andrea Jenkyns (C)
- Stuart Andrew (C)
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European Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
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Website | www.leeds.gov.uk |
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