Midlands facts for kids
For other uses, see Midlands (disambiguation).
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The Midlands
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The West Midlands and East Midlands regions of England
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Major Cities | Birmingham Coventry Leicester Nottingham Stoke-on-Trent Derby Wolverhampton |
Principal settlements |
A 'Metro' cities
B Other 'cities' A1. W Midlands Urban Area (Birmingham, Wolv'n) B2. Northampton B3. Telford B4. Chesterfield B5. Worcester B6. Lincoln B7. Shrewsbury B8. Hereford |
Area | |
• Total | 28,627 km2 (11,053 sq mi) |
Population
(2011 census)
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• Total | 10,135,000 |
• Density | 354.036/km2 (916.95/sq mi) |
• Urban | 8,079,000 |
• Rural | 2,056,000 |
Demonym(s) | Midlander |
Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
The Midlands is a part of England that broadly corresponds to the Kingdom of Mercia of the Early Middle Ages, bordered by the England–Wales border, Northern England and Southern England. The Midlands were important in the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries. It is split into the West Midlands and East Midlands. Birmingham is the second-largest city and metropolitan area in the United Kingdom.
Notable cities and towns
- Belper, Birmingham, Boston, Burton upon Trent, Buxton
- Chesterfield, Corby, Coventry
- Derby, Dudley
- Gainsborough, Gloucester, Grantham
- Hereford,
- Kettering, Kidderminster
- Leamington Spa, Leicester, Lichfield, Lincoln, Loughborough
- Mansfield, Matlock
- Newark, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Northampton, Nottingham, Nuneaton
- Redditch, Rugby
- Shrewsbury, Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Stratford-on-Avon, Solihull
- Tamworth, Telford
- Walsall, Warwick, Wolverhampton, Worcester,
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See also
In Spanish: Tierras Medias (Inglaterra) para niños
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