Newcastle upon Tyne
| Newcastle upon Tyne | ||
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From top-left: Newcastle Quayside and River Tyne, with the Gateshead Millennium Bridge and Tyne Bridge, St James' Park stadium, Theatre Royal, Georgian architecture around Grey's Monument, the Castle
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| Nickname(s): Newcastle, The Toon | ||
| Motto: Latin: Fortiter Defendit Triumphans ("Triumphing by brave defence") |
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.svg) Location of Newcastle upon Tyne in England |
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| Coordinates: 54°58′20″N 1°36′30″W / 54.97222°N 1.60833°WCoordinates: 54°58′20″N 1°36′30″W / 54.97222°N 1.60833°W | ||
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Country | England | |
| Region | North East | |
| Administrative County | Tyne and Wear | |
| Historic County | Northumberland | |
| Founded | 2nd century | |
| Town charter | Henry II | |
| County Corporate | 1400 | |
| City status | 1882 | |
| Status | City and metropolitan borough | |
| Government | ||
| • Governing body | Newcastle City Council | |
| • Lord Mayor | Councillor Ian Graham | |
| • Administrative HQ | Newcastle Civic Centre | |
| Area | ||
| • City | 44 sq mi (114 km2) | |
| Population (mid-2014 est.) | ||
| • City | 289,835 (Ranked 39th) | |
| • Urban | 879,996 (Tyneside) (Ranked 7th) | |
| • Metro | 1,650,000 (Tyne and Wear City Region) (Ranked 6th) | |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC) | |
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) | |
| Postcode | NE | |
| Area code(s) | 0191 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-NET | |
| ONS code | 00CJ (ONS) E08000021 (GSS) |
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| OS grid reference | NZ249645 | |
| NUTS 3 | UKC22 | |
| Demonym | Geordie, Novocastrian | |
| GDP | US$ 44.6 billion | |
| GDP per capita | US$29,978 | |
| Website | www.newcastle.gov.uk | |
Newcastle upon Tyne (RP: 
i/ˌnjuːkɑːsəl əˌpɒn ˈtaɪn/;Locally: i/.njəˈkæsəl əˌpən ˈtaɪn/), commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, 8.5 mi (13.7 km) from the North Sea. Newcastle is the most populous city in the North East and forms the core of Tyneside conurbation, the eighth most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. Newcastle is a member of the English Core Cities Group and is a member of the Eurocities network of European cities. Newcastle was part of the county of Northumberland until 1400, when it became a county of itself, a status it retained until becoming part of Tyne and Wear in 1974. The regional nickname and dialect for people from Newcastle and the surrounding area is Geordie. Newcastle also houses Newcastle University, a member of the Russell Group, as well as Northumbria University.
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