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Tyne and Wear (county) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 54 55 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -54.9167 decimal degrees |
Long: 001 35 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.5833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Metropolitan county created in 1974 in northeastern England; the county council was abolished in 1986 and administrative powers passed to the unitary authorities of Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Gateshead, South Tyneside, and Sunderland; it is bounded by Northumberland to the north and west, Durham to the south, and the North Sea to the east; named for two bisecting rivers; noted for Hadrian's Wall (122 CE) and Norman fort (1080); coalfields exploited since the 13th century. |
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Tyne and Wear (preferred,C,V,O)
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Tyne & Wear (C,V)
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T & W (C,V)
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TYR (C,V)
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county (preferred, C) |
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formed from areas in Northumberland and Durham in 1974 |
first level subdivision (H) |
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