Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands region, in England. It is the largest local authority district... Wikipedia

• Sovereign state:  United Kingdom
• Country:  England
• Region:  West Midlands
• Ceremonial county and combined authority:  West Midlands
• Historic county:  Warwickshire, Staffordshire (part), Worcestershire (part)
• Settled:  c. 600
• City status:  14 January 1889
• Metropolitan borough:  1 April 1974
• Administrative HQ:  The Council House
• Type:  Metropolitan borough
• Body:  Birmingham City Council
• Executive:  Leader and cabinet
• Control:  Labour
• Leader:  John Cotton (L)
• Lord Mayor:  Zafar Iqbal
• Area rank:  151st
• Population (mid-2014 est.):  1,101,360
• Rank:  1st
• Demonym(s):  Brummie (colloq.)
• Time zone:  GMT (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST):  BST (UTC+1)
• Postcode area:  B
• Dialling code:  0121
• ISO 3166 code:  GB-BIR
• GSS code:  E08000025
• Website:  birmingham.gov.uk
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo