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West Yorkshire

metropolitan and ceremonial county in England, UK
AdministrativeArea metropolitan_county Q23083
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Summary

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county[1]. It draws 6,188 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan county category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Yorkshire and the Humber[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: ceremonial county of England[5]
  • Shares border with: Derbyshire[6], South Yorkshire[7], Greater Manchester[8], Lancashire[9], North Yorkshire[10]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bradford[11], Calderdale[12], Kirklees[13], Leeds[14], Wakefield[15]
  • Commons category: West Yorkshire[16]
  • Inception: April 1, 1974[17]
  • Official website: https://www.wyjs.org.uk/[18], https://www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:West Yorkshire[20]
  • Population: 2,320,214[21], 2,345,235[22], 2,240,700[23], 2,378,148[24]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in West Yorkshire[25]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in West Yorkshire[26]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in West Yorkshire[27]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from West Yorkshire[28]
  • Different from: West Yorkshire[29]
  • Area: 2029.2585 km²[30]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of West Yorkshire[31]
  • Economy of topic: economy of West Yorkshire[32]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of West Yorkshire[33]

Why It Matters

West Yorkshire has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

England Thomas Hill Green United Kingdom

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . 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] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of West Yorkshire
    Coordinates → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2029.2585'}
    Spanish cultural heritage thesauri id → geografico/1203696
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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