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West Midlands (county) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 52 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 58 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.9667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Metropolitan county in central England, created in 1974 out of southeastern Staffordshire, northwestern Warwickshire, and part of northeastern Worcestershire; in 1986 the county council was abolished and administrative power devolved to the new unitary authorities of Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Sandwell, Birmingham, Solihull, and Coventry; has an area of 347 sq mi. Sparsely populated until Saxon occupation ca. 5th cen.; called "Black Country" because of coalfields, & heavy industries in Birmingham, Dudley & Wolverhampton; important for its vast systems of canals & railways, Rover car & Cadbury chocolate factories. |
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| West Midlands (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| W Midlands (C,V)
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| W Mids (C,V)
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| WMD (C,V)
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| Larne (C,U,O)
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| Larne Borough (C,U)
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| Larne District (C,U)
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| county (preferred, C) |
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mentropolitan county since 1974 |
| second level subdivision (C) |
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| metropolitan area (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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