Liverpool

Liverpool
City and Metropolitan borough
From top left: Pier Head and the Mersey Ferry; St George's Hall and the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Catholic Cathedral; Liverpool Anglican Cathedral; Georgian architecture in Canning; Prince's Dock
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): The Pool, The Pool of Life, The Pool of Talent, The World in One City
Liverpool shown within Merseyside
Coordinates: 53°24′N 2°59′W / 53.400°N 2.983°W / 53.400; -2.983
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
City region	Liverpool
Ceremonial county	Merseyside
Historic county	Lancashire
Founded	1207
City Status	1880
Administrative HQ	Liverpool Town Hall
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Body	Liverpool City Council
• Leadership	Mayor and Cabinet
• Executive	Labour
• Mayor	Joe Anderson
• Lord Mayor	Tony Concepcion
• Chief Executive	Ged Fitzgerald
Area
• City	111.8 km2 (43.2 sq mi)
• Urban	199.6 km2 (77.1 sq mi)
Area rank	208th
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population (mid-2014 est.)
• City	473,073
• Rank	9th
• Density	4,230/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
• Urban	864,122 (6th)
• Urban density	4,329/km2 (11,210/sq mi)
• Metro	2,241,000 (5th)
• Ethnicity (2011 census)	Ethnic groups 88.8% White 84.8% White British 1.4% White Irish 2.6% Other White   2.5% Mixed 0.7% Black Caribbean and White 0.7% Black African and White 0.5% South Asian and White 0.6% Other Mixed   4.1% Asian or Asian British 1.1% Indian 0.4% Pakistani 0.2% Bangladeshi 1.7% Chinese 0.7% Other Asian   2.6% Black or Black British 0.3% Black Caribbean 1.8% Black African 0.5% Other Black   1.8% Other 1.2% Arab 0.6% Any other ethnic group
Demonym(s)	Liverpudlian Scouser Liverpolitan
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode area	L
Dialling code	0151
ISO 3166 code	GB-LIV
GSS code	E08000012
NUTS 3 code	UKD72
ONS code	00BY
OS grid reference	SJ3490
Motorways	M62
Major railway stations	Liverpool Central (B) Liverpool Lime Street (A/D) Liverpool South Parkway (B)
International airports	Liverpool John Lennon (LPL)
GDP	US$ 65.8 billion
- Per capita	US$ 32,121
GVA (2013)	£10.6bn (11th)
- Per capita	£22,613 (17th)
Councillors	90
MPs	Maria Eagle (L) Louise Ellman (L) Steve Rotherham (L) Luciana Berger (L) Stephen Twigg (L)
European Parliament	North West England
Website	www.liverpool.gov.uk

Liverpool (/ˈlɪvərpuːl/), in North West England, is a major city and metropolitan borough with an estimated population of 478,580 in 2015 within the City of Liverpool. Liverpool and its surrounding areas form the fifth largest metropolitan area in the UK, with an estimated population of over 2.24 million in 2011. The local authority is Liverpool City Council, which is the most populous local government district within the metropolitan county of Merseyside and the largest within the Liverpool City Region.

Liverpool historically lay within the ancient hundred of West Derby in the south west of the county of Lancashire. It became a borough from 1207 and a city from 1880. In 1889 it became a county borough independent of Lancashire. Liverpool sits on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary and its growth as a major port is paralleled by the expansion of the city throughout the Industrial Revolution. Along with general cargo, freight, raw materials such as coal and cotton, the city was also directly involved in the Atlantic slave trade. Liverpool was home to both the Cunard and White Star Line, and was the port of registry of the ocean liner RMS Titanic and others such as the RMS Lusitania, Queen Mary, and Olympic.