Tyne y Wear

"Tyne y Wear es un condado ceremonial y metropolitano de Inglaterra (Reino Unido). Comprende la zona de los estuarios de los ríos Tyne y Wear. Se divide en los siguientes distritos metropolitanos, todos ellos con el estatus de municipio: South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead y Sunderland. En 1986 el concejo del condado quedó abolido y muchas de sus competencias pasaron a los distritos metropolitanos. El condado ceremonial aún existe y sigue siendo una entidad legal. Limita con los condados administrativos de Durham y Northumberland, del que fue creado en 1974 por la reorganización del gobierno local. Está en la región noreste."

"Tyne and Wear (pronunciation: /tanndwr/) is a metropolitan county in the North East region of England around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear. It came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. It consists of the five metropolitan boroughs of South Tyneside, North Tyneside, City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and City of Sunderland. It is bounded on the east by the North Sea, and has borders with Northumberland to the north and County Durham to the south. Prior to the 1974 reforms, the territory now covered by the county of Tyne and Wear straddled the border between the counties of Northumberland and Durham, the border being marked by the river Tyne; that territory also included five county boroughs. Tyne and Wear County Council was abolished in 1986, and so its districts (the metropolitan boroughs) are now unitary authorities. However, the metropolitan county continues to exist in law and as a geographic frame of reference, and as a ceremonial county."