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North East England

North East England is one of the regions of England. It is divided into the following local government areas:

North East
Admin HQ	Newcastle
Area  - Total	8th in England 8,592 km²
Population  - Total (2001)  - Density	9th in England 2,515,479 293/km²

Northumberland Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear) Gateshead (T&W) North Tyneside (T&W) South Tyneside (T&W) Sunderland County Durham Darlington Stockton-on-Tees Hartlepool Redcar and Cleveland Middlesbrough

The region was originally defined as Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Cleveland. Since then, Tyne and Wear County Council has been abolished, Darlington has seceded from County Durham, and Cleveland was split into four.

The United Kingdom (UK)
England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland
Regions of England
East of England | East Midlands | Greater London | North East | North West | South West | South East | West Midlands | Yorkshire and the Humber

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
1974 counties: Cleveland - County Durham - Northumberland - Tyne and Wear

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