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| Borough of Gateshead | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | North East England |
| Ceremonial County: | Tyne and Wear |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 214th 142.35 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Gateshead |
| ONS code: | 00CH |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 71st 190,694 1,340 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.4% White |
| Politics | |
| Gateshead Council http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Labour |
| MPs: | David Clelland, John David McWilliam, Joyce Quin |
Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, in north-east England. It is named for its main town, Gateshead. Other settlements include Felling, Whickham, Blaydon, and Ryton.
The district has some 190,000 inhabitants, and was historically part of County Durham. The county borough of Gateshead was combined along with the urban districts of Felling, Blaydon, Ryton and part of Chester-le-Street Rural District into the new Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in 1974. In 1986 the County Council of Tyne and Wear was abolished, and so Gateshead Council became a unitary authority.
| Districts of England - North East England | |
| Alnwick - Berwick-upon-Tweed - Blyth Valley - Castle Morpeth - Chester-le-Street - Darlington - Derwentside - Durham - Easington - Gateshead - Hartlepool - Middlesbrough - Newcastle upon Tyne - North Tyneside - Redcar and Cleveland - Sedgefield - South Tyneside - Stockton-on-Tees - Sunderland - Teesdale - Tynedale - Wansbeck - Wear Valley
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| 1974 counties: Cleveland - County Durham - Northumberland - Tyne and Wear |
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