Back Birmingham Afrikaans በርሚንግሃም Amharic Birmingham AN Beormingaham ANG برمنغهام Arabic برمنجهام ARZ Birmingham AST Birmingham Aymara Birminhem Azerbaijani بیرمینگام AZB
Birmingham | |
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      Clockwise, from top: the city centre from the south, Birmingham Town Hall, St Martin's church and the Selfridges Building in the Bull Ring, the University of Birmingham, St Philip's Cathedral, and the Library of Birmingham | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Etymology: Old English Beormingahām (home or settlement of the Beormingas) | |
Nicknames:
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| Motto: Forward | |
 Birmingham shown in the West Midlands county | |
  Birmingham Location in England  Birmingham Location in the United Kingdom  Birmingham Location in Europe | |
| Coordinates: 52°28′59″N 1°53′37″W / 52.48306°N 1.89361°W | |
| Sovereign state |  United Kingdom |
| Constituent country |  England |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Ceremonial county |  West Midlands |
| Historic county |  Warwickshire |
| Settlement | c. 600 |
| Seigneurial borough | 1166 |
| Municipal borough | 1838 |
| City status | 14 January 1889 |
| Metropolitan borough | 1 April 1974 |
| Administrative HQ | The Council House, Victoria Square |
| Government | |
| • Type | Metropolitan borough |
| • Body | Birmingham City Council |
| • Leadership | Leader and cabinet |
| • Executive | |
| • Leader | Vacant (Deputy Leader Ian Ward, acting) |
| • Lord Mayor | Anne Underwood |
| • Chief Executive (Interim) | Stella Manzie CBE |
| Area | |
| • City | 103.4 sq mi (267.8 km2) |
| • Urban | 231.2 sq mi (598.9 km2) |
| • Rank | 151st |
| Elevation | 460 ft (140 m) |
| Population (2005 est.) | |
| • City | 1,124,600 |
| • Rank | 1st |
| • Density | 10,880/sq mi (4,199/km2) |
| • Urban | 2,440,986 (3rd) |
| • Metro | 4,332,629 (List of metropolitan areas in Europe) |
| Demonym | Brummie |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
| Postcode | |
| Area code | 0121 |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-BIR |
| GSS code | E08000025 |
| NUTS 3 code | UKG31 |
| ONS code | 00CN |
| OS grid reference | SP066868 |
| Motorways | M6 M6 Toll M5 M42 A38(M) |
| Ethnicity (2011 Census) [1] |
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| International airports | Birmingham (BHX) |
| Major railway stations | Birmingham New Street (A) Birmingham Moor Street (B) Birmingham Snow Hill (C1) |
| GDP | US$ 121.1 billion[2] (2nd) |
| – Per capita | US$ 31,572[2] |
| Councillors | 120 |
| MPs | |
| Website | www.birmingham.gov.uk |
Birmingham (/ˈbɜːrmɪŋəm/ (
listen)[3] BUR-ming-əm) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. It is the second-largest metropolitan area and city in the United Kingdom.
About 1.1 million people live in Birmingham. Around 4.3 million people live in its metropolitan area.[4][5][6] Many people call it the "second city" of the United Kingdom.[7][8][9]
- ↑ "2011 Census: Key Statistics for Local Authorities in England and Wales". ONS. Retrieved 25 December 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Global city GDP 2014". Brookings Institution. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ↑ "Birmingham". Wordreference.com.
- ↑ "POPULATION OF BIRMINGHAM 2017 (UK)". Country Digest. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ↑ "Population and Census". Birmingham City Council. 7 July 2014. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015.
- ↑ "2011 Census: Population and household estimates fact file, unrounded estimates, local authorities in England and Wales (Excel sheet 708Kb)" (xls). Office for National Statistics. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ↑ "England's second city: Birmingham". Britain Magazine. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ↑ "Nation's 'second city', Birmingham, is UK's fastest growing regional tourist destination, according to figures". This is Money. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ↑ "An ode to Birmingham: how can the UK's second city fix its image problem?". The Guardian. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2018.