City of Leeds

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This article discusses the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds. For information on the city itself, see Leeds.

City of Leeds
Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough, City (1893)
Historic county:	Yorkshire (West Riding)
Region:	Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial County:	West Yorkshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 90th 551.72 km²
Admin. HQ:	Leeds
ONS code:	00DA
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 2nd 726,939 1,311 / km²
Ethnicity:	91.8% White 4.5% S.Asian 1.4% Afro-Carib.
Politics
Coat of arms of Leeds Leeds City Council http://www.leeds.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour / Liberal Democrats / Conservative / Green
MPs:	John Battle, Hilary Benn, Colin Burgon, Colin Challen, Fabian Hamilton, George Mudie, Greg Mulholland, Paul Truswell

The City of Leeds is a metropolitan borough with city status within the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England, with a population of 726,939. It stretches from Otley and Wetherby in the north, on the border with North Yorkshire, to the border with the district of Wakefield in the south, and from Pudsey on the border with the district of the City of Bradford in the west, to Garforth and Micklefield in the east. It is named after its major settlement, Leeds, which is also the administrative seat. To the south and west, the borders of the district cover mostly urban and suburban areas, with some woodland. To the east and north, the district also includes urban and suburban areas with some green space, as Temple Newsam Park, Roundhay Park, Potternewton Park and East End Park all lie in the east of the city.

Contents 1 History 2 Economy 3 Places in the district 4 Town twinning 5 External links

[edit] History

The metropolitan borough was formed in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the area of the former County Borough of Leeds, Aireborough Urban District, Horsforth Urban District, the Municipal Borough of Morley, Otley Urban District, the Municipal Borough of Pudsey, Rothwell Urban District and parts of Tadcaster Rural District, Wetherby Rural District and Wharfedale Rural District.

[edit] Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Leeds at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year	Regional Gross Value Added4	Agriculture1	Industry2	Services3
1995	8,713	43	2,652	6,018
2000	11,681	32	2,771	8,878
2003	13,637	36	3,018	10,583

Note 1: includes hunting and forestry

Note 2: includes energy and construction

Note 3: includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

Note 4: Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

[edit] Places in the district

Other areas within the Leeds Metropolitan boundary include:

• Aberford, Adel, Allerton Bywater, Alwoodley, Ardsley, Armley, Austhorpe
• Barwick-in-Elmet (sometimes Barwick), Beeston, Blenheim, Boston Spa, Bramham, Bramhope, Bramley, Burley, Burmantofts
• Chapel Allerton, Chapeltown, Colton, Cookridge, Cottingley, Cross Flatts, Cross Gates (sometimes Crossgates)
• East End Park
• Garforth, Gildersome, Gipton, Gledhow, Guiseley
• Halton, Halton Moor, Harehills, Hawksworth, Headingley, Holt Park, Horsforth, Hunslet, Hyde Park
• Ireland Wood
• Killingbeck, Kippax, Kirkstall
• Ledsham, Ledston, Little London, Lovell Park
• Manston, Meanwood, Methley, Micklefield, Middleton, Morley, Moortown, Moor Grange
• Otley, Oulton
• Pendas Fields, Pudsey
• Rawdon, Rothwell, Roundhay
• Scarcroft, Scholes (sometimes Scholes-in-Elmet), Scott Hall, Seacroft, Sheepscar, Shadwell, Swillington
• Weetwood, West Park, Wetherby, Whitkirk, Whinmoor, Woodhouse, Woodlesford, Wortley
• Yeadon

[edit] Town twinning

The City of Leeds' town twins are:

- Colombo, Sri Lanka - Brno, Czech Republic - Dortmund, Germany - Durban, South Africa - Ulan Bator, Mongolia (According to a 2004 Calendar news broadcast)

- Hangzhou, China - Lille, France - Louisville, Kentucky (United States) - Siegen, Germany

[edit] External links

• Leeds City Council
• Leeds City Guide

Metropolitan County of West Yorkshire

City of Bradford | City of Leeds | City of Wakefield Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale | Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees

Places with city status in the United Kingdom

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Coordinates: 53°47′59″N, 1°32′57″W