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North East England
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North East England
The
North East
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
;
Redcar
;
South Shields
and
Stockton-on-Tees
.
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