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West Midlands

one of nine official regions of England
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Summary

West Midlands is a region of England[1]. It draws 8,587 Wikipedia views per month (region of england category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: England[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: ITL 1 statistical regions of England[5]
  • Capital: Birmingham[6]
  • Shares border with: South West England[7], South East England[8], East Midlands[9], North West England[10]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Staffordshire[11], Shropshire[12], Warwickshire[13], Worcestershire[14], West Midlands[15], Herefordshire[16]
  • Commons category: West Midlands (region)[17]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[18]
  • Official website: http://www.wmra.gov.uk/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:West Midlands (region)[20]
  • Population: 5,602,000[21], 5,934,037[22], 5,900,757[23], 5,642,600[24], 6,021,653[25]
  • Category for people born here: Q9229614[26]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in West Midlands[27]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in West Midlands[28]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in West Midlands (region)[29]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from the West Midlands (region)[30]
  • Different from: West Midlands[31]
  • Area: 13,004 km²[32]

Why It Matters

West Midlands has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

England John Henry Newman United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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