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Liverpool

Liverpool
City and Metropolitan borough
From top left: Pier Head and the Mersey Ferry; St George's Hall and the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Catholic Cathedral; Liverpool Anglican Cathedral; Georgian architecture in Canning; Prince's Dock
Coat of arms of Liverpool
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): The Pool, The Pool of Life, The Pool of Talent, The World in One City
Liverpool shown within Merseyside
Liverpool shown within Merseyside
Coordinates: 53°24′N 2°59′W / 53.400°N 2.983°W / 53.400; -2.983
Sovereign state  United Kingdom
Constituent country  England
Region North West England
City region Liverpool
Ceremonial county  Merseyside
Historic county Lancashire
Founded 1207
City Status 1880
Administrative HQ Liverpool Town Hall
Government
 • Type Metropolitan borough
 • Body Liverpool City Council
 • Leadership Mayor and Cabinet
 • Executive Labour
 • Mayor Joe Anderson
 • Lord Mayor Tony Concepcion
 • Chief Executive Ged Fitzgerald
Area
 • City 111.8 km2 (43.2 sq mi)
 • Urban 199.6 km2 (77.1 sq mi)
Area rank 208th
Elevation 70 m (230 ft)
Population (mid-2014 est.)
 • City 473,073
 • Rank 9th
 • Density 4,230/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
 • Urban 864,122 (6th)
 • Urban density 4,329/km2 (11,210/sq mi)
 • Metro 2,241,000 (5th)
 • Ethnicity
(2011 census)
Demonym(s) Liverpudlian
Scouser
Liverpolitan
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode area L
Dialling code 0151
ISO 3166 code GB-LIV
GSS code E08000012
NUTS 3 code UKD72
ONS code 00BY
OS grid reference SJ3490
Motorways M62
Major railway stations Liverpool Central (B)
Liverpool Lime Street (A/D)
Liverpool South Parkway (B)
International airports Liverpool John Lennon (LPL)
GDP US$ 65.8 billion
- Per capita US$ 32,121
GVA (2013) £10.6bn (11th)
- Per capita £22,613 (17th)
Councillors 90
MPs Maria Eagle (L)
Louise Ellman (L)
Steve Rotherham (L)
Luciana Berger (L)
Stephen Twigg (L)
European Parliament North West England
Website www.liverpool.gov.uk

Liverpool (/ˈlɪvərpl/), in North West England, is a major city and metropolitan borough with an estimated population of 478,580 in 2015 within the City of Liverpool. Liverpool and its surrounding areas form the fifth largest metropolitan area in the UK, with an estimated population of over 2.24 million in 2011. The local authority is Liverpool City Council, which is the most populous local government district within the metropolitan county of Merseyside and the largest within the Liverpool City Region.

Liverpool historically lay within the ancient hundred of West Derby in the south west of the county of Lancashire. It became a borough from 1207 and a city from 1880. In 1889 it became a county borough independent of Lancashire. Liverpool sits on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary and its growth as a major port is paralleled by the expansion of the city throughout the Industrial Revolution. Along with general cargo, freight, raw materials such as coal and cotton, the city was also directly involved in the Atlantic slave trade. Liverpool was home to both the Cunard and White Star Line, and was the port of registry of the ocean liner RMS Titanic and others such as the RMS Lusitania, Queen Mary, and Olympic.


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