City of Wakefield facts for kids

Quick facts for kids City of Wakefield
City and Metropolitan borough
A view over central Wakefield, from Sandal Magna
Coat of arms of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial county	West Yorkshire
Founded	1974
Admin. HQ	Wakefield
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough, City
Area
• Total	130.7 sq mi (338.6 km2)
Area rank	127th
Population  (2005 est.)
• Total	348,312
• Rank	Ranked 21st
• Density	2,664.3/sq mi (1,028.68/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ISO 3166-2	GB-WKF
ONS code	00DB (ONS) E08000036 (GSS)
NUTS	3
Ethnicity	97.7% White 1.3% S.Asian
Website	wakefield.gov.uk

The City of Wakefield is a local government district in West Yorkshire, England, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. Wakefield is the district's administrative centre. The population of the City of Wakefield at the 2011 Census was 325,837. The district includes the "Five Towns" of Normanton, Pontefract, Featherstone, Castleford and Knottingley. Other towns include Ossett, Hemsworth, South Kirkby & Moorthorpe and South Elmsall. The City and borough are governed by Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Wakefield lies between Leeds and Sheffield.

In 2010, Wakefield was named as the UK's third 'most musical' City by PRS for Music.

Images for kids

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  Wakefield skyline with the towers of County Hall, the town hall and the cathedral spire

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  Cornmarket, Pontefract, one of Wakefield's five towns

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  Castleford Civic Centre

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  Pontefract Park

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  The City of Wakefield MDC's Queen Anne style administrative HQ, County Hall (1898), Wakefield

See also

In Spanish: Ciudad de Wakefield para niños