Merseyside

Summary

Merseyside is a metropolitan county^[1]. Merseyside draws 1,663 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_county category, ranking #2 of 5).^[2]

Key Facts

• Merseyside is located in North West England^[3].
• Merseyside is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Merseyside's image is recorded as Liverpool skyline from the Mersey Ferry - 2012-05-27.JPG^[5].
• Merseyside's instance of is recorded as metropolitan county^[6].
• Merseyside's instance of is recorded as ceremonial county of England^[7].
• Merseyside's capital is recorded as Liverpool^[8].
• Merseyside's flag image is recorded as County Flag of Merseyside.svg^[9].
• Merseyside's shares border with is recorded as Q1067984^[10].
• Merseyside's shares border with is recorded as Cheshire^[11].
• Merseyside's shares border with is recorded as Greater Manchester^[12].
• Merseyside's shares border with is recorded as Lancashire^[13].
• Merseyside's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Knowsley^[14].
• Merseyside's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as St Helens^[15].
• Merseyside's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Sefton^[16].
• Merseyside's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Wirral^[17].
• Merseyside's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Liverpool^[18].
• Merseyside's GND ID is recorded as 4115110-0^[19].
• Merseyside's locator map image is recorded as Merseyside UK locator map 2010.svg^[20].
• Merseyside's Commons category is recorded as Merseyside^[21].
• Merseyside's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 147564^[22].
• +1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Merseyside^[23].
• Merseyside's NUTS code is recorded as UKD5^[24].
• Merseyside's NUTS code is recorded as UKD7^[25].
• Merseyside's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.416666666667, 'lon': -3}^[26].
• Merseyside's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/013p59^[27].

Body

Geography

Merseyside is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Merseyside is located in North West England^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Merseyside's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+646.732'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1423065'}^[29], {'amount': '+1434256'}^[30], {'amount': '+1385700'}^[31], and {'amount': '+1442081'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include metropolitan county^[6] and ceremonial county of England^[7].

History and Context

+1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Merseyside^[23].

Why It Matters

Merseyside draws 1,663 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_county category, ranking #2 of 5).^[2] Merseyside has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33]