North West England

North West
Region
From top, left to right: Liverpool; Manchester; Blackpool; Chester; Warrington; Morecambe Bay; Lake District
North West region shown within England
Coordinates: 54°04′30″N 02°45′00″W / 54.07500°N 2.75000°W / 54.07500; -2.75000
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
GO established	1994
RDA established	1998
GO abolished	2011
RDA abolished	31 March 2012
Subdivisions	5 counties Cheshire Cumbria Greater Manchester Lancashire Merseyside 3 combined authorities Lancashire CCA Greater Manchester Liverpool City Region 35 districts 8 unitary 15 metropolitan 12 non-metropolitan in 1 non-metropolitan county
Government
• Type	Local authority leaders' board
• Body	North West Regional Leaders Board
• MPs	75 MPs (of 650)
Area
• Total	5,759 sq mi (14,915 km²)
• Land	5,447 sq mi (14,108 km²)
• Rank	6th
Population (2022)
• Total	7,516,113
• Rank	3rd
• Density	1,380/sq mi (533/km²)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 85.6% White 8.4% Asian 2.3% Black 2.2% Mixed 1.5% other
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 52.5% Christianity 32.6% no religion 7.6% Islam 0.7% Hinduism 0.4% Judaism 0.3% Buddhism 0.2% Sikhism 0.4% other 5.3% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ITL code	TLD
GSS code	E12000002

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North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. The North West had a population of 7,417,397 in 2021. It is the third-most-populated region in the United Kingdom, after the South East and Greater London. The largest settlements are Manchester and Liverpool. It is one of the three regions, alongside North East England and Yorkshire and the Humber, that make up Northern England.