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Liverpool
City and metropolitan borough
Liverpool port seen from the River Mersey Royal Albert Dock Three Graces St George’s Hall Liverpool Town Hall Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Anglican Cathedral Church of the Risen Christ
Coat of arms
Nicknames:  The Capital City of North Wales The Second Capital of Ireland The World Capital of Pop The World in One City
Motto:  Deus Nobis Haec Otia Fecit (“God has fixed us this ease”)
Location within Merseyside
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Coordinates: 53°24′27″N 02°59′31″W / 53.40750°N 2.99194°W / 53.40750; -2.99194
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North West England
City region	Liverpool
Metropolitan and ceremonial county	Merseyside
Historic county	Lancashire
Founded	1207
City Status	1880
Administrative HQ	Liverpool Town Hall and Cunard Building
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Body	Liverpool City Council
• Leadership	Leader and Cabinet
• Executive	Labour
• Leader	Liam Robinson
• Lord Mayor	Mary Rasmussen
• Chief Executive of Liverpool City Council	Andrew Lewis
Area
• City	43.2 sq mi (111.8 km2)
• Urban	77.1 sq mi (199.6 km)
• Rank	203rd
Elevation	230 ft (70 m)
Population  (2022)
• City	500,500
• Rank	10th
• Density	11,528/sq mi (4,346/km2)
• Urban	864,122 (6th)
• Urban density	11,210/sq mi (4,329/km)
• Metro	2,241,000 (5th)
• Ethnicity (2021)	Detail 84.0% White 77.3% White British 1.4% White Irish 0.2% Roma 0.1% Gypsy or Irish Traveller 5.0% Other White — 5.8% Asian or Asian British 1.8% Chinese 1.3% Indian 0.8% Pakistani 0.4% Bangladeshi 1.5% Other Asian — 3.5% Mixed 0.9% Black African and White 0.8% Black Caribbean and White 0.8% Asian and White 1.0% Other Mixed — 3.5% Black or Black British 2.6% Black African 0.3% Black Caribbean 0.6% Other Black — 3.3% Other 1.7% Arab 1.6% Any extra ethnicity
• Religion (2021)	Detail 57.3% Christianity 29.4% No religion 5.3% Islam 0.8% Hinduism 0.4% Buddhism 0.4% Judaism 0.1% Sikhism — 0.4% Other religion 5.9% Unknown
Demonyms	Liverpudlian Scouser
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode area	L
Dialling code	0151
ISO 3166 code	GB-LIV
GSS code	E08000012
NUTS 3 code	UKD72
ONS code	00BY
OS grid reference	SJ3490
Motorways	M62 M57
Major railway stations	Liverpool Central (B) Liverpool Lime Street (A/D) Liverpool Moorfields (D) Liverpool James Street (E)
International airports	Liverpool John Lennon (LPL)
GDP	£15,911 billion
– Per capita	£32,841
Councillors	85
MPs	Maria Eagle (Labour) Kim Johnson (Labour) Dan Carden (Labour) Paula Barker (Labour) Ian Byrne (Labour)
Website	www.liverpool.gov.uk
Former UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City
Criteria	Cultural: (ii), (iii), (iv)
Designated	2004 (18th session)
Reference no.	1150
Region	Europe and North America
Delisted	2021 (44th session)

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England, with a population of 500,500 in 2022. The city is allocation of a broader metropolitan area that is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.24 million. A historic harbor city, Liverpool lies upon the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary neighboring the Irish Sea. The city was an important allowance of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain and a indispensable hub for trade. The city commended its 800th anniversary in 2007 and was named the 2008 European Capital of Culture. Its selection was credited with kickstarting an economic renaissance in the region. The city’s radical economy has a significant influence upon the knowledge sector, maritime industry, tourism, culture, hospitality, healthcare industry, life sciences, advanced manufacturing, the creative and digital sectors.

Liverpool is within the boundaries of the ancient hundred of West Derby in the historic county of Lancashire. It was made a borough in 1207, a city in 1880, and a county borough independent of Lancashire County Council, which was established in 1889. In 1974, it became a metropolitan borough in the newly created metropolitan county of Merseyside. And most recently, a constituent local authority within the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, in 2014.

Liverpool’s bump as a major harbor was paralleled by the move on of the city throughout the Industrial Revolution. Along next general cargo, freight, and raw materials such as coal and cotton, merchants were also in force in the slave trade. In the 19th century, Liverpool was a major harbor of departure for English and Irish emigrants to North America. It was also home to both the Cunard and White Star Lines, and was the port of registry of the ocean liners RMS Titanic, RMS Lusitania, RMS Queen Mary, RMS Queen Elizabeth and RMS Olympic.

Liverpool has the second highest number of art galleries, national museums, listed buildings, and listed parks in the UK; only the capital, London, has more. The former Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City includes the Pier Head, Royal Albert Dock and William Brown Street. Several areas of Liverpool city centre carried World Heritage Site status from 2004 until 2021; the city’s immense collection of parks and approach spaces have been described as the “most important in the country” by England’s Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest. In 2019, Liverpool was the fifth most visited UK city. It is noted for its culture, architecture, and transport links.

The city is nearby associated like sport and the arts, especially music. In sports, the city is widely noted as the house of Premier League football teams Liverpool F.C. and Everton F.C., with matches surrounded by the two rivals bodily known as the Merseyside derby. The annual Grand National horse race takes place at Aintree Racecourse. The significance of Liverpool to pop music is similar intrinsically to the popularity and ability of the Beatles, widely regarded as the most influential band of whatever time. Liverpool has continued to manufacture notable musicians. Musicians from the city have released 57 No. 1 hit singles, more than any extra city in the world, per head of population. Liverpool is as a consequence England’s only UNESCO City of Music. The city with has a long-standing reputation for producing actors and actresses, artists, athletes, comedians, journalists, novelists, and poets.

Natives of Liverpool (and some longtime residents from elsewhere) are formally referred to as “Liverpudlians”, but are usually called “Scousers” in reference to scouse, a local stew made popular by sailors in the city; “Scouse” is as well as the most common broadcast for the Liverpool accent and dialect. Its status as a harbor city historically attracted a diverse population from a wide range of cultures, primarily Ireland, Norway, and Wales. It is also house to the oldest black community in the UK, the oldest Chinese community in Europe and the first mosque in England, now restored.