Wirral

Summary

Wirral is a metropolitan borough^[1]. Wirral ranks in the top 7% of metropolitan_borough entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (382 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wirral is located in Merseyside^[3].
• Wirral is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Wirral is on the body of water River Mersey^[5].
• Wirral is on the body of water River Dee^[6].
• Wirral is on the body of water Irish Sea^[7].
• Wirral's image is recorded as Benkid77 Wallasey Town Hall 1 090809.JPG^[8].
• Wirral's instance of is recorded as metropolitan borough^[9].
• Wirral's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[10].
• Wirral's capital is recorded as Wallasey^[11].
• Wirral's shares border with is recorded as Sefton^[12].
• Wirral's shares border with is recorded as Liverpool^[13].
• Wirral's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sibiu^[14].
• Wirral's legislative body is recorded as council of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council^[15].
• Wirral's locator map image is recorded as Wirral UK locator map.svg^[16].
• Wirral's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as GB-WRL^[17].
• Wirral's Commons category is recorded as Metropolitan Borough of Wirral^[18].
• Wirral's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 162456^[19].
• +1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wirral^[20].
• Wirral's NUTS code is recorded as UKD74^[21].
• Wirral's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.396972, 'lon': -3.011914}^[22].
• Wirral's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01rwdv^[23].
• Wirral's authority is recorded as Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council^[24].
• Wirral's GSS code is recorded as E08000015^[25].
• Wirral's GSS code is recorded as E43000169^[26].
• Wirral's official website is recorded as https://www.wirral.gov.uk^[27].

Body

Geography

Wirral is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Wirral is located in Merseyside^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include River Mersey^[5], a main stem^[28], in United Kingdom^[29]; River Dee^[6], a river^[30], in United Kingdom^[31]; and Irish Sea^[7], a sea^[32], in United Kingdom^[33].

Physical Characteristics

Wirral's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+157.0463'}^[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+320900'}^[35], {'amount': '+323235'}^[36], {'amount': '+320200'}^[37], and {'amount': '+322453'}^[38].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include metropolitan borough^[9] and unparished area^[10].

History and Context

+1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wirral^[20].

Why It Matters

Wirral ranks in the top 7% of metropolitan_borough entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (382 views/month).^[2] Wirral has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Wirral is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]