North East England

North East England
North East England region in England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Status	Region
Government
• EP constituency	North East England
Area
• Total	3,317 sq mi (8,592 km2)
Area rank	8th
Population (2011)
• Total	2,597,000
• Rank	9th
• Density	780/sq mi (300/km2)
GVA
• Per capita	£15,688 (9th)
NUTS code	UKC
ONS code	E12000001

North East England is one of the nine regions of England that are classified at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes. It covers Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear, and the Tees Valley. The region is home to three large conurbations: Teesside, Wearside, and Tyneside, the latter of which is the largest of the three and the eighth most populous conurbation in the United Kingdom. There are only three cities in the region; Newcastle upon Tyne is the largest city in the region with a population of just under 280,000, followed by Sunderland, both of which are located in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. The city of Durham is the county town of County Durham. Other large settlements in the region include Darlington; Gateshead; Hartlepool; Middlesbrough; South Shields; ; Alnwick and Washington.

The region is generally hilly and sparsely populated in the North and West, and urban and arable in the East and South. The highest point in the region is The Cheviot, in the Cheviot Hills, at 815 metres (2,674 ft).