Liverpool, Merseyside

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 Emblem of Liverpool City Council
Nickname(s): The Pool, The Pool of Life, The Pool of Talent, The World in One City
Liverpool shown within Merseyside
Liverpool Show map of the United Kingdom Liverpool Show map of England Liverpool Show map of Europe Location of Liverpool within the United Kingdom
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	Roz Gladden
• 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-2015 est.)
• City	478,600
• Rank	9th
• Density	4,279/km2 (11,080/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 Moorfields (D) Liverpool James Street (E)
International airports	Liverpool John Lennon (LPL)
GDP	US$ 65.8 billion
- Per capita	US$ 32,121
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/) is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 478,580 in 2015. With its surrounding areas it is the fifth largest metropolitan area in the UK, with over 2.24 million people in 2011. The local authority is Liverpool City Council, the most populous local government district within the metropolitan county of Merseyside and the largest within the Liverpool City Region.

Liverpool sits on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, and historically lay within the ancient hundred of West Derby in the south west of the county of Lancashire. It became a borough in 1207 and a city in 1880. In 1889, it became a county borough independent of Lancashire. Its growth as a major port was 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 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, the RMS Lusitania, Queen Mary and Olympic.