Newcastle upon Tyne

metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England, UK
AdministrativeArea metropolitan_borough Q21012735
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Summary

Newcastle upon Tyne is a metropolitan borough[1]. It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tyne and Wear[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: River Tyne[5]
  • Head of government: Nick Forbes[6]
  • Instance of: district with city status[7]
  • Capital: Newcastle upon Tyne[8]
  • Shares border with: Gateshead[9], North Tyneside[10], Northumberland[11], South Tyneside[12]
  • Legislative body: council of Newcastle City Council[13]
  • Executive body: cabinet of Newcastle City Council[14]
  • Commons category: City of Newcastle upon Tyne[15]
  • Said to be the same as: Newcastle upon Tyne[16]
  • Inception: April 1, 1974[17]
  • Coordinate location: 55.007678611111, -1.6578366666667[18]
  • Authority: Newcastle City Council[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:City of Newcastle upon Tyne[20]
  • Population: 292,900[21], 300,196[22], 305,049[23], 271,426[24], 260,798[25], 259,601[26], 280,177[27], 282,400[28], 307,565[29]
  • Office held by head of government: leader of Newcastle City Council[30]
  • Replaces: Castle Ward Rural District[31], Newburn Urban District[32], Gosforth Urban District[33], County Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne[34], Moot Hall and Precincts Rural District[35]
  • Different from: Newcastle upon Tyne[36], City of Newcastle[37], Newcastle-under-Lyme[38]
  • Area: 113.4563 km²[39], 11511.78 ha[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved . visionofbritain.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved . visionofbritain.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved . visionofbritain.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved . visionofbritain.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved . visionofbritain.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . statistics.data.gov.uk. Retrieved . statistics.data.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · DrFrench · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    Geonames id → 3333174
    Archinform location id → 54780
    Inception → +1974-04-01T00:00:00Z
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