Leeds

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Leeds

Total population

766,399

Coordinates53.80°, -1.54°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century. Leeds expanded in the 17th and 18th centuries by becoming a major production and trading centre. It was awarded a city charter in 1893 by Queen Victoria.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.