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West Midlands

metropolitan county in England
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Summary

West Midlands is a metropolitan county[1]. It draws 5,423 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan county category, ranking #3 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: West Midlands[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: ceremonial county of England[5]
  • Capital: Birmingham[6]
  • Shares border with: Staffordshire[7], Warwickshire[8], Worcestershire[9]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Birmingham[10], Coventry[11], Dudley[12], Sandwell[13], Solihull[14], Walsall[15], City of Wolverhampton[16]
  • Part of: West Midlands[17]
  • Commons category: West Midlands (county)[18]
  • Inception: April 1, 1974[19]
  • Official website: https://westmidlandscombinedauthority.org.uk[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:West Midlands (county)[21]
  • Commons gallery: West Midlands[22]
  • Population: 2,916,458[23], 2,808,356[24], 2,939,927[25], 2,762,700[26], 2,953,816[27]
  • Official name: West Midlands[28]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in the West Midlands (county)[29]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in the West Midlands (county)[30]
  • Native label: West Midlands[31]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from the West Midlands (county)[32]
  • Different from: West Midlands[33]
  • Area: 901.6396 km²[34]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of the West Midlands (county)[35]

Why It Matters

West Midlands has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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