West Midlands

Summary

West Midlands is a region of England^[1]. It draws 1,153 Wikipedia views per month (region_of_england category, ranking #1 of 8).^[2]

Key Facts

• West Midlands is located in England^[3].
• West Midlands is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• West Midlands's image is recorded as Birmingham-Skyline-from-Edgbaston-crop.jpg^[5].
• West Midlands's instance of is recorded as region of England^[6].
• West Midlands's instance of is recorded as ITL 1 statistical regions of England^[7].
• West Midlands's capital is recorded as Birmingham^[8].
• West Midlands's shares border with is recorded as South West England^[9].
• West Midlands's shares border with is recorded as South East England^[10].
• West Midlands's shares border with is recorded as East Midlands^[11].
• West Midlands's shares border with is recorded as North West England^[12].
• West Midlands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Staffordshire^[13].
• West Midlands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Shropshire^[14].
• West Midlands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Warwickshire^[15].
• West Midlands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Worcestershire^[16].
• West Midlands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as West Midlands^[17].
• West Midlands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Herefordshire^[18].
• West Midlands's locator map image is recorded as West Midlands in England.svg^[19].
• West Midlands's Commons category is recorded as West Midlands (region)^[20].
• West Midlands's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 151283^[21].
• West Midlands's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[22].
• West Midlands's NUTS code is recorded as UKG^[23].
• West Midlands's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.47, 'lon': -2.29}^[24].
• West Midlands's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01z8x0^[25].
• West Midlands's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge560236^[26].
• West Midlands's GSS code is recorded as E12000005^[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

West Midlands's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+13004'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+5602000'}^[29], {'amount': '+5934037'}^[30], {'amount': '+5900757'}^[31], {'amount': '+5642600'}^[32], and {'amount': '+6021653'}^[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include region of England^[6] and ITL 1 statistical regions of England^[7].

Why It Matters

West Midlands draws 1,153 Wikipedia views per month (region_of_england category, ranking #1 of 8).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]