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Sunderland

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Sunderland is a port city in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. It stands at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea coast, about 10 miles southeast of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most populous settlement in the Wearside conurbation and the second most populous settlement in Tyne and Wear after Newcastle, and it serves as the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland.

Facts
Population
277,417 1
Area (sq km)
111.84 1
Founding Year
674 2
Population Estimate Year
2018 1
Elevation (m)
60 1
Latitude
54.904444 degrees north 1
Longitude
1.381111 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 3
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1. Sunderland (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 277,417 (2018)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 54.904444, longitude -1.381111
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 60 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 111.84 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 277417 (2018)
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2. Sunderland (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Monkwearmouth contains St Peter's Church, which was founded in 674 and formed part of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey, a significant centre of learning in the seventh and eighth centuries.
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. GeoNames: Sunderland - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2636531
    54.90465 -1.38222 P PPLA2 GB ENG N6 170134 36 Europe/London
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 36 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 54.75, -1.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 54.75, -1.25
54.75 -1.25 Cfb
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