City of Bradford
| City of Bradford | ||
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| City and Metropolitan borough | ||
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| Nickname(s): 'Wool City' | ||
| Motto: "Progress-Industry-Humanity" | ||
 Bradford shown within West Yorkshire |
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| Coordinates: 53°47′31″N 1°45′14″W / 53.792°N 1.754°WCoordinates: 53°47′31″N 1°45′14″W / 53.792°N 1.754°W | ||
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Constituent country | England | |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| Ceremonial county | West Yorkshire | |
| Historic county | Yorkshire | |
| Admin HQ | Bradford | |
| Borough Charter | 1847 | |
| City status | 1897 | |
| City of Bradford Met. District created | 1974 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Metropolitan borough, City | |
| • Governing body | City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council | |
| • City of Bradford Council Leader | Susan Hinchcliffe (Lab) | |
| • Lord Mayor | Cllr Geoff Reid (Lib Dem) | |
| • Deputy Lord Mayor | Cllr Alun Griffiths (Lib Dem) | |
| • Chief Executive | Kersten England | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 143 sq mi (370 km2) | |
| Population (mid-2015 est.) | ||
| • Total | 531,200 (Ranked 5th) | |
| • Density | 3,341/sq mi (1,290/km2) | |
| • Ethnicity (2011 census) |
67.44% White British 26.83% Asian or Asian British 1.77% Black or Black British 2.48% Mixed Race 1.48% Chinese and other |
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| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) | |
| Postcode | BD | |
| Area code(s) | 01274 (urban core/wider city) 01535 (Keighley) 01943 (Ilkley) |
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| ISO 3166-2 | GB-BFD | |
| ONS code | 00CX (ONS) E08000032 (GSS) |
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| NUTS 3 | UKE41 | |
| OS grid reference | SE164331 | |
| Euro. Parlt. Const. | Yorkshire & the Humber | |
| Website | www.bradford.gov.uk | |
The City of Bradford (
i/ˈbrædfərd/) is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. It is named after its largest settlement, Bradford, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Keighley, Shipley, Bingley, Ilkley, Haworth, Silsden and Denholme. Bradford has a population of 528,155, making it the fourth-most populous metropolitan district and the sixth-most populous local authority district in England. It forms part of the West Yorkshire Urban Area conurbation which in 2001 had a population of 1.5 million and the city is part of the Leeds-Bradford Larger Urban Zone (LUZ), which, with a population of 2,393,300, is the fourth largest in the United Kingdom after London, Birmingham and Manchester.
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