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The London Borough of Southwark i/ˈsʌðərk/ is a Lunnon burgh in sooth east Lunnon, Ingland. It is directly sooth o the River Thames an the Ceety o Lunnon, an forms pairt o Inner Lunnon.
London Borough of Southwark | |
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Lunon burgh | |
Motto(s): United to Serve | |
Southwark shown athin Greater Lunnon | |
Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
Constituent kintra | Ingland |
Region | Lunnon |
Ceremonial coonty | Greater Lunnon |
Status | Lunon burgh |
Admin HQ | Tooley Street, Southwark |
Incorporatit | 1 Aprile 1965 |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Lunnon borough cooncil |
• Bodi | Southwark London Borough Council |
• Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Labour) |
• Mayor | — (nan-poleetical) |
• MPs | Harriet Harman Simon Hughes Tessa Jowell |
• Lunnon Assembly | Valerie Shawcross AM for Lambeth an Soothwark |
• EU Parliament | Lunnon |
Area | |
• Total | 28.85 km2 (11.14 sq mi) |
Area rank | 312t (o 326) |
Population (mid-2016 est.) | |
• Rank | 35t (o 326) |
• Ethnicity[1] | 39.7% White Breetish 2.2% White Erse |
Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
Postcodes | {{{postcode_areas}}} |
Polis force | Metropolitan Polis |
Website | www |
Southwark got its name in the 9t century but wis first settled in the Roman period. The London Borough of Southwark wis formit in 1965 frae the umwhile aurie o the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell, an the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey.
The burgh borders the Ceety o Lunnon an the London Borough of Tower Hamlets tae the north (the River Thames formin the bundary), the London Borough of Lambeth tae the wast an the London Borough of Lewisham tae the east. Tae the sooth are the London Borough of Bromley an the London Borough of Croydon.
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