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North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire
Image:EnglandNorthYorkshire.png
Geography
Status:Ceremonial & (smaller) Administrative County
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Area:
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin. area		Ranked 1st
8,654 km²
Ranked 1st
8,038 km²
Admin HQ:Northallerton
ISO 3166-2:GB-NYK
ONS code:36
NUTS 3:UKE22
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density
- Admin. council
- Admin. pop.		Ranked 12th
1,076,514
124 / km²
Ranked 19th
572,970
Ethnicity:97.9% White
1.0% S.Asian
Politics
North Yorkshire County Council
http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/
Executive:Conservative
Members of Parliament
Vera Baird, Hugh Bayley, Stuart Bell, David Curry, John Greenway, John Grogan, William Hague, Alan Haselhurst, Ashok Kumar, Anne McIntosh, Dari Taylor, Phil Willis
Districts
Image:North_Yorkshire_Ceremonial_Numbered.png
  1. Selby
  2. Harrogate
  3. Craven
  4. Richmondshire
  5. Hambleton
  6. Ryedale
  7. Scarborough
  8. City of York (Unitary)
  9. Redcar and Cleveland (Unitary)
  10. Middlesbrough (Unitary)
  11. Stockton-on-Tees (Unitary)
    (the part south of the Tees)

North Yorkshire is a county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. It is divided into the districts of Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough and Selby.

Contained within its boundaries are the North York Moors and most of the Yorkshire Dales, two of eleven areas of countryside within England and Wales to be officially designated as a National park.

The county was formed in 1974, and covers most of the lands of the traditional North Riding, as well as the northern half of the West Riding and the northern and eastern fringes of the traditional East Riding. York became a unitary authority independent of North Yorkshire on April 1, 1996, and at the same time Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees south of the river became part of North Yorkshire for ceremonial purposes, having been part of Cleveland from 1974 to 1996, and the North Riding before.

The ceremonial county borders those of East Riding of Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and Durham.

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