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Birmingham
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Birmingham

Large city in the West Midlands region of England; classed as the 'second city' of the United Kingdom, behind London

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Also known as Birmingham, England · Birmingham, West Midlands · Birmingham, UK

Country
Located in
Population
  • 1,137,100(2017)
  • , 1,123,000(2015)
  • , 977,000(2001)
  • +8 more
Area
  • 267.77 km²
Elevation
  • 140 m
Head of government
Founded
  • 7th century
Postal code
  • B

Overview

Over time

Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source

Population

All data

190 statements · 13% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

List of monuments
Twinned administrative body
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Local dialing code
  • 121
Native label
Demonym
  • Brummie
Located in or next to body of water
Category for people buried here
Different from
Capital of
Owner of
Official name
  • Birmingham
Time of earliest written record
  • 1166
Historic county
Economy of topic
Official language
Hashtag
Subclass of
Motto text
  • Forward
Short name
  • Brum
Part of

On other databases

101 identifiers linking Birmingham across the web's reference databases