West Midlands

Summary

West Midlands is a metropolitan county^[1]. It draws 1,096 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_county category, ranking #3 of 5).^[2]

Key Facts

• West Midlands is located in West Midlands^[3].
• West Midlands is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• West Midlands's image is recorded as Helicopter - Night Time Photos (8739865875).jpg^[5].
• West Midlands's instance of is recorded as metropolitan county^[6].
• West Midlands's instance of is recorded as ceremonial county of England^[7].
• West Midlands's capital is recorded as Birmingham^[8].
• West Midlands's flag image is recorded as Flag of the West Midlands County.svg^[9].
• West Midlands's shares border with is recorded as Staffordshire^[10].
• West Midlands's shares border with is recorded as Warwickshire^[11].
• West Midlands's shares border with is recorded as Worcestershire^[12].
• West Midlands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Birmingham^[13].
• West Midlands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Coventry^[14].
• West Midlands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Dudley^[15].
• West Midlands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Sandwell^[16].
• West Midlands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Solihull^[17].
• West Midlands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Walsall^[18].
• West Midlands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as City of Wolverhampton^[19].
• West Midlands's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 134833603^[20].
• West Midlands's GND ID is recorded as 4261500-8^[21].
• West Midlands's locator map image is recorded as West Midlands UK locator map 2010.svg^[22].
• West Midlands's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50000576^[23].
• West Midlands's part of is recorded as West Midlands^[24].
• West Midlands's Commons category is recorded as West Midlands (county)^[25].
• West Midlands's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 57517^[26].
• +1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of West Midlands^[27].

Body

Geography

West Midlands is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. It is located in it^[3]. Its part of is recorded as it^[24].

Physical Characteristics

West Midlands's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+901.6396'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+2916458'}^[29], {'amount': '+2808356'}^[30], {'amount': '+2939927'}^[31], {'amount': '+2762700'}^[32], and {'amount': '+2953816'}^[33].

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 West Midlands^[27].

Why It Matters

West Midlands draws 1,096 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_county category, ranking #3 of 5).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]