North East England

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North East
Region
Left to right; top: Angel of the North Upper: Saltburn Pier and Spanish City Lower: Hexham Abbey and Durham Cathedral Bottom: Tyne Millennium and Tees Transporter bridges
North East region shown within England
Coordinates: 55°00′N 1°52′W / 55.00°N 1.87°W / 55.00; -1.87
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
GO established	1994
RDA established	1998
GO abolished	2011
RDA abolished	31 March 2012
Subdivisions	4 counties County Durham Northumberland North Yorkshire (part) Tyne and Wear 2 combined authorities North East Tees Valley 12 districts 7 unitary 5 metropolitan
Government
• MPs	29 MPs (of 650)
Area [1]
• Total	3,350 sq mi (8,676 km2)
• Land	3,313 sq mi (8,581 km2)
• Rank	8th
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	2,683,040
• Rank	9th
• Density	810/sq mi (313/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [3]
• Ethnic groups	List 93.0% White 3.7% Asian 1.3% Mixed 1.0% Black 1.0% other
Religion (2021) [3]
• Religion	List 50.8% Christianity 40.0% no religion 2.7% Islam 0.4% Hinduism 0.3% Sikhism 0.3% Buddhism 0.2% Judaism 0.4% other 5.0% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ITL code	TLC
GSS code	E12000001

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North East England is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes.^[a] It has three administrative levels below regional level: combined authorities, unitary authorities or metropolitan boroughs, and civil parishes. There are also multiple divisions without administrative functions; ceremonial counties, emergency services (fire-and-rescue and police), built-up areas and historic counties. The largest settlements in the region are Newcastle upon Tyne, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Gateshead, Darlington, Hartlepool and Durham.

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