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South Yorkshire | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Origin | 1 April 1974[1] (Local Government Act 1972) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time) |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Area | Error in convert: Needs the number to be converted (help) |
| • Ranked | of 48 |
| • Ranked | of 48 |
| Density | Error in convert: Needs the number to be converted (help) |
| Ethnicity | 95.0% White 2.6% S.Asian 2.4% Black |
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, in the north. The county was created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972[2] and in 2001 covered an area of 155,205 hectares.[3]
- ↑ Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. "Local Government Finance Statistics England No.16". local.odpm.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-07-05. Retrieved 2013-05-09. Retrieved on 21 February 2008.
- ↑ Arnold-Baker, C., Local Government Act 1972, (1973)
- ↑ Vision of Britain - South Yorkshire area