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. |
 Coat airms |
| 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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