Leeds

Summary

Leeds is a district with city status^[1]. Leeds draws 248 Wikipedia views per month (district_with_city_status category, ranking #1 of 9).^[2]

Key Facts

• Leeds is located in West Yorkshire^[3].
• Leeds is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Leeds's head of government is recorded as Judith Blake, Baroness Blake of Leeds^[5].
• Leeds's image is recorded as Leeds from above.jpg^[6].
• Leeds's instance of is recorded as district with city status^[7].
• Leeds's instance of is recorded as metropolitan borough^[8].
• Leeds's capital is recorded as Leeds^[9].
• Leeds's twinned administrative body is recorded as Brno^[10].
• Leeds's twinned administrative body is recorded as Colombo^[11].
• Leeds's twinned administrative body is recorded as Dortmund^[12].
• Leeds's twinned administrative body is recorded as Durban^[13].
• Leeds's twinned administrative body is recorded as Hangzhou^[14].
• Leeds's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lille^[15].
• Leeds's twinned administrative body is recorded as Louisville^[16].
• Leeds's twinned administrative body is recorded as Siegen^[17].
• Leeds's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ulaanbaatar^[18].
• Leeds's legislative body is recorded as council of Leeds City Council^[19].
• Leeds's executive body is recorded as Executive Board of Leeds City Council^[20].
• Leeds's locator map image is recorded as Leeds UK locator map.svg^[21].
• Leeds's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as GB-LDS^[22].
• Leeds's Commons category is recorded as City of Leeds^[23].
• Leeds's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 118362^[24].
• +1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Leeds^[25].
• Leeds's NUTS code is recorded as UKE42^[26].
• Leeds's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.799166666667, 'lon': -1.5491666666667}^[27].

Body

Geography

Leeds is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Leeds is located in West Yorkshire^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Leeds's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+551.7065'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+774100'}^[29], {'amount': '+789194'}^[30], {'amount': '+757700'}^[31], and {'amount': '+822483'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include district with city status^[7] and metropolitan borough^[8].

History and Context

+1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Leeds^[25].

Why It Matters

Leeds draws 248 Wikipedia views per month (district_with_city_status category, ranking #1 of 9).^[2] Leeds has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Leeds is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]