Birmingham

:This article is about the city in England. For other uses, please see Birmingham, Alabama or other places named Birmingham.

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Birmingham, Alabama - Other places named Birmingham

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Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands. It is generally considered England's "second city". It has the largest local authority in the United Kingdom, and is the second largest by urban area population. It is also one of England's core cities.

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City - Metropolitan borough - English - West Midlands - Second city - United Kingdom - Core cities

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The City of Birmingham has a population of 992,400 (2004 estimate). Along with Wolverhampton, Solihull and the towns of the Black Country, Birmingham forms the largest part of a large conurbation; the "West Midlands conurbation", which has a population of 2,275,000.

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2004 - Wolverhampton - Solihull - Black Country - Conurbation - West Midlands conurbation - Population of 2,275,000

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The metropolitan area of which Birmingham is part is defined by the government as the West Midlands county, which also includes the city of Coventry and has a population of 2,579,200, but in practice includes parts of the surrounding counties of Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire. Based upon commuting and economic influence, the metropolitan area effecitvely extends over much of the West Midlands region.

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Metropolitan area - West Midlands county - Coventry - Staffordshire - Warwickshire - Shropshire - Worcestershire - Commuting - West Midlands region

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The city is commonly known by its nickname Brum (from the local name Brummagem), and its people as Brummies. Birmingham is home to the distinctive Brummie accent and dialect.

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Brum - Brummagem - Brummie - Accent - Dialect

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Birmingham is an ethnically and culturally diverse city. Around 30% of Birmingham's population is of non-white ethnicity; at the time of the 2001 census, 70.4% of the population was White (including 3.2% Irish), 19.5% Asian or Asian British, 6.1% Black or Black British, 0.5% Chinese, and 3.5% of mixed or other ethnic heritage.

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Ethnic - 2001 - White - Irish - Asian - Black - Chinese

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