City of Salford

City of Salford
Metropolitan borough and city
A view over Salford, Greater Manchester
Coat of Arms of the city council
Motto: "Salus Populi Suprema Lex" "The Welfare of the People is the Highest Law"
Salford shown within Greater Manchester
Coordinates: 53°30′35″N 2°20′04″W / 53.50972°N 2.33444°W / 53.50972; -2.33444Coordinates: 53°30′35″N 2°20′04″W / 53.50972°N 2.33444°W / 53.50972; -2.33444
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
Ceremonial county	Greater Manchester
Admin HQ	Swinton
City status (Salford)	1926
Metropolitan borough status	1 April 1974
City status	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough, City
• Governing body	Salford City Council
• Ceremonial Mayor	Cllr Peter Dobbs
• Elected Mayor	Paul Dennett (L)
• MPs:	Rebecca Long-Bailey (L) Graham Stringer (L) Barbara Keeley (L)
Area
• Total	37.53 sq mi (97.19 km2)
Elevation	223 ft (68 m)
Population (mid-2015 est.)
• Total	245,600 (Ranked 65th)
• Density	5,810/sq mi (2,243/km2)
• Ethnicity (2005 estimate)	93.3% White 3.9% S.Asian and mixed 1.5% Black and mixed 1.0% Chinese and other
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
Postcode	M3, M5, M6, M7, M27, M28, M30, M38, M44, M50
Area code(s)	0161
ISO 3166-2	GB-SLF
ONS code	00BR (ONS) E08000006 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SJ805985
NUTS 3	UKD31
Website	www.salford.gov.uk

The City of Salford (/ˈsɔːlfərd/) is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest settlement,Salford, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Eccles, Swinton and Pendlebury, Walkden, and Irlam which apart from Irlam each have a population of over 35,000. The city has a population of 218,000, and is administered from the Salford Civic Centre in Swinton.

The current city boundaries were set as part of the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, and cover an amalgamation of five former local government districts. It is bounded on the south east by the River Irwell, which forms its boundary with the city of Manchester and by the Manchester Ship Canal to the south, which forms its boundary with Trafford. The metropolitan boroughs of Wigan, Bolton and Bury lie to the west, northwest and north respectively. Some parts of the city, which lies directly west of Manchester, are highly industrialised and densely populated, but around one third of the city consists of rural open space. This is because the western half of the city stretches across an ancient peat bog known as Chat Moss.