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City of Salford
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:''This article is about the metropolitan borough of Salford. For the actual settlement, see
Salford.''
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!colspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|City of Salford
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Image:EnglandSalford.png Salford
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Geography
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|width="45%"|Status:||
Metropolitan borough,
City status in the United Kingdom City (1926)
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Regions of England Region:||
North West England
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Ceremonial counties of England Ceremonial County:||
Greater Manchester
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Surface area Area:
- Total||
List of English districts by area Ranked 248th1 E7 m² 97.19 square kilometre km²
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|Admin. HQ:||
Swinton, Greater Manchester Swinton
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ONS coding system ONS code:||00BR
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics
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Population:
- Total (
2004 est.)
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Density.html">List of English districts by population
Ranked 58th216,400
2,227 / km²
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|Ethnicity:||96.1% White
1.4% S.Asian
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics
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Image:Arms-salford-city.jpg 200px|Arms of Salford City CouncilSalford City Council
http://www.salford.gov.uk/
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Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors Leadership:||Leader & Cabinet
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|Executive:||
Labour Party (UK) Labour
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MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 MPs:||
Hazel Blears,
Ian Stewart (Labour politician) Ian Stewart
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'''Salford''' is a
metropolitan borough in
Greater Manchester in
North West England. The metropolitan borough has
City status in the United Kingdom City status. Its main town is
Salford. Other places include
Swinton, Greater Manchester Swinton (where the City council is now located),
Eccles, Greater Manchester Eccles,
Pendlebury,
Broughton,
Pendleton,
Worsley,
Walkden,
Irlam,
Cadishead,
Wardley,
Monton,
Barton, Salford, Greater Manchester Barton and
Boothstown.
The metropolitan borough is divided into five formal districts: Salford, Eccles, Worsley, Irlam & Cadishead, and Swinton & Pendlebury.
Image:Salford11.JPG thumb|left|Salford skyline
The modern day City of Salford incorporates the former
County Borough of Salford (including Pendleton, Langworthy, Broughton, Weaste, Ordsall and Seedley), the
Borough of Eccles (including Monton, Winton and Barton-upon-Irwell), the
Borough of Swinton and Pendlebury, the
Urban District of Irlam and the
Urban District of Worsley (including Walkden). The City is bounded to the north by
Bury and
Bolton, to the south by
Trafford, to the west by
Wigan and to the east by
Manchester.
It has a university by the side of the
River Irwell called
Salford University The University of Salford. The river divides the centre of Salford from the
Manchester City Centre centre of Manchester.
Unparished Areas
Showing former status (prior to 1974)
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Eccles (Municipal Borough)
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Irlam (Urban District)
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Salford (County Borough)
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Swinton and Pendlebury (Municipal Borough)
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Worsley (Urban District)
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Category:Cities in England Salford
Category:Local government in Greater Manchester
Category:Metropolitan boroughs
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