Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester | |
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 Location of Greater Manchester within England | |
| Coordinates: 53°30′09″N 2°18′36″W / 53.5025°N 2.3100°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | North West England |
| Established | 1 April 1974 |
| Established by | Local Government Act 1972 |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time) |
| Members of Parliament | 27 MPs |
| Police | Greater Manchester Police |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Lord Lieutenant | Diane Hawkins[1] |
| High Sheriff | Lorraine Worsley-Carter[2] |
| Mayor | Bev Craig (L) |
| Area | [convert: needs a number] |
| • Ranked | of 48 |
| Population (2005 est.) | 2,547,700 |
| • Ranked | 3rd of 48 |
| Density | 1,997/km2 (5,170/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity | 2021 census[3] |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Government | Greater Manchester Combined Authority |
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| ITL | TLD3 |
| Website | greatermanchester-ca |
| Districts | |
 Districts of Greater Manchester Metropolitan districts | |
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Greater Manchester is a county in North West England. It has 2.7 million people living there. It was created on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. It is made up of ten Metropolitan boroughs: the cities of Manchester and Salford and the large towns of Oldham, Bury, Rochdale, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Stockport, Wigan and Bolton.
It has had a combined authority since 1 April 2011. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority has the political leaders from each of the ten metropolitan borough councils, plus a directly elected mayor, with responsibility for economic development, regeneration and transport. Andy Burnham is the first Mayor of Greater Manchester, elected in 2017.[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Appointment of Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester: 28 March 2022". 10 Downing Street. 28 March 2022. Archived from the original on 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ↑ "New High Sheriff of Greater Manchester chosen by the Queen". Manchester Evening News. 22 March 2022. Archived from the original on 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ↑ "Ethnic group". Office for National Statistics. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ↑ "Manchester City Deal brings 6,000 jobs boost". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
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