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County Durham is a local government district in the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is governed by Durham County Council, a unitary authority.[5] The district has an area of 2,226 square kilometres (859 sq mi), and contains 135 civil parishes.[6] It forms part of the larger ceremonial county of Durham, together with boroughs of Darlington, Hartlepool, and the part of Stockton-on-Tees north of the River Tees.