City of Sunderland | |
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Coordinates: 54°54′36″N 1°23′06″W / 54.910°N 1.385°W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | England |
Region | North East |
Ceremonial county | Tyne and Wear |
City region | North East |
Metropolitan borough | 1 April 1974 |
City status | 20 May 1992 |
Named for | Sunderland |
Administrative HQ | City Hall, Sunderland |
Government | |
• Type | Metropolitan borough |
• Body | Sunderland City Council |
• Executive | Leader and cabinet |
• Control | Labour |
• Leader | Michael Mordey (L) |
• Mayor | Allison Chisnall |
• MPs | 3 MPs |
Area | |
• Total | 53 sq mi (137 km2) |
• Rank | 172nd |
Population (2022)[3] | |
• Total | 277,354 |
• Rank | 60th |
• Density | 5,230/sq mi (2,018/km2) |
Demonym | Mackem (colloq.) |
Ethnicity (2021) | |
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Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
Postcode area | |
Dialling code | 0191 |
ISO 3166 code | GB-SND |
GSS code | E08000024 |
Website | sunderland |
Sunderland (/ˈsʌndərlənd/),[5] also known as the City of Sunderland, is a metropolitan borough with city status in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Sunderland, spanning a far larger area, including nearby towns including Washington, Hetton-le-Hole and Houghton-le-Spring, as well as the surrounding villages and hamlets. The district also forms a large majority of Wearside which includes Chester-le-Street in County Durham.
The district was formed in 1974 as part of the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 and is an amalgamation of four former local government districts of County Durham. It was granted city status in 1992, the Ruby Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne. The borough had a population of 575,400 at the time of the 2011 census, with the majority of the population (274,286) residing in Sunderland, making it the largest settlement in the north east of England.[6]