Greater London

Greater London County of Greater London
Greater London London region
County and region
Greater London in England
Coordinates: 51°30′N 0°5′W / 51.500°N 0.083°W / 51.500; -0.083Coordinates: 51°30′N 0°5′W / 51.500°N 0.083°W / 51.500; -0.083
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Established	1 April 1965
Established by	London Government Act 1963
Ceremonial county
Lord Lieutenant	Ken Olisa
High Sheriff	Sir Nigel Knowles (2016-17)
Area	1,569 km² (606 sq mi)
• Ranked	25th of 48
Population (mid-2015 est.)	8,665,000
• Ranked	1st of 48
Density	5,521/km² (14,300/sq mi)
Ethnicity	59.8% White (of which 44.9% White British) 18.4% Asian 13.3% Black 5% Mixed 3.4% Other
Region
Government	Greater London Authority
Admin HQ	Southwark
Area	1,572 km² (607 sq mi)
Population	8,546,761 (mid-2014 estimate)
Density	5,437/km² (14,080/sq mi)
ONS code	H
GSS code	E12000007
NUTS	UKI
Website	www.london.gov.uk
Counties of Greater London
Counties	City of London Greater London

Districts of Greater London
Districts	33 districts City of London City of Westminster Kensington and Chelsea Hammersmith and Fulham Wandsworth Lambeth Southwark Tower Hamlets Hackney Islington Camden Brent Ealing Hounslow Richmond upon Thames Kingston upon Thames Merton Sutton Croydon Bromley Lewisham Greenwich Bexley Havering Barking and Dagenham Redbridge Newham Waltham Forest Haringey Enfield Barnet Harrow Hillingdon
Members of Parliament	73 MPs
Police	City of London Police and Metropolitan Police
Time zone	GMT (UTC)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)

2011 United Kingdom Census
Country of birth	Population
United Kingdom	5,175,677
India	262,247
Poland	158,300
Ireland	129,807
Nigeria	114,718
Pakistan	112,457
Bangladesh	109,948
Jamaica	87,467
Sri Lanka	84,542
France	66,654
Somalia	65,333
Kenya	64,212
United States	63,920
Ghana	62,896
Italy	62,050
Turkey	59,596
South Africa	57,765
Germany	55,476
Australia	53,959
Romania	44,848
Philippines	44,199
Cyprus	43,428
Portugal	41,041
Lithuania	39,817
China	39,452
Afghanistan	37,680
Iran	37,339
Spain	35,880
Uganda	32,136
Brazil	31,357

London, or Greater London, is a region of England which forms the administrative boundaries of London. It is organised into 33 districts: the 32 London boroughs (which makes up the ceremonial county of Greater London) and the City of London (which is a separate county but still part of the region). The Greater London Authority, based in Southwark, is responsible for strategic local government across the region and consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.

The county of Greater London was created on 1 April 1965 through the London Government Act 1963. Administratively, Greater London was first established as a sui generis council area under the Greater London Council between 1963 and 1986. The area was re-established as a region in 1994, and the Greater London Authority formed in 2000.

The region covers 1,572 km² (607 sq mi) and had a population of 8,174,000 at the 2011 census. It has the highest GVA per capita in the United Kingdom at £37,232. The Greater London Built-up Area—used in some national statistics—is a measure of the continuous urban area of London, and therefore includes areas outside of the administrative region.

The term Greater London has been and still is used to describe different areas in governance, statistics, history and common parlance.

In terms of ceremonial counties, London is still divided into the small City of London and the much wider Greater London. This arrangement has come about because as the area of London grew and absorbed neighbouring settlements, a series of administrative reforms did not amalgamate the City of London with the surrounding metropolitan area, and its unique political structure was retained. Outside the limited boundaries of the City, a variety of arrangements has governed the wider area since 1855, culminating in the creation of the Greater London administrative area in 1965.

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