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The Midlands | |
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 The Midlands region shown in England | |
| Sovereign state |  United Kingdom |
| Constituent country |  England |
| Major cities | Birmingham Coventry Derby Leicester Lincoln Nottingham Stoke Wolverhampton Worcester |
| Principal settlements | A 'Metro' cities B Other 'cities'
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| Area | |
• Total | 28,627 km2 (11,053 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 703.6 m (2,308 ft) |
| Population (2021 census) | |
• Total | 10,831,000 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (980/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Midlander, Mercian |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
The Midlands is the central part of England, between Northern England to its north, and Southern England to its south and east. The region also shares a border with Wales to the west, while it also shares a coastline at the North Sea. The Midlands correspond to the ceremonial counties of Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.[1]
Officially, the Midlands is a grouping of two statistical regions: the West Midlands and East Midlands. These had a combined population of 10.9 million at the 2021 census,[2] and an area of 28,622 km2 (11,051 square miles). Note that the northern part of the modern county of Lincolnshire is officially part of the Yorkshire and the Humber, which is not in the Midlands.
The modern borders of the Midlands also correspond broadly to the early-medieval kingdom of Mercia. The region became important in the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries, which led to one of its parts being named as the Black Country. Culturally, the Midlands is distinct but contains elements from both Northern and Southern England.[3] The Midlands' biggest city, Birmingham, is the second-largest in the United Kingdom. Other important cities include Coventry, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, and Worcester.
- ^ "Publications catalogue | British History Online". archive.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
Sources relating to the historic counties of Derbyshire, Hereford, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire."
- ^ Park, Neil (21 December 2022). "Estimates of the population for the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
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