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| | Northern Region |
 | | The region contains many fine historic cities, towns and rural village settlements, such as Alnwick, Berwick, Newcastle, Tyneside, Gateshead, Sunderland, Workington, Carlisle, Durham, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Stockton and Darlington. |
 | | This is made up of 1,131,000 people in Tyne and Wear (including 283,000 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, 295,800 in Sunderland and 201,800 in Gateshead); 607,700 people in County Durham (including 100,600 in Darlington); 559,200 people in Cleveland; 490,300 people in Cumbria (including 103,500 in Carlisle) and 307,300 people in Northumberland (including 80,300 in Blyth Valley). |
 | | The main urban areas extend from Berwick in the north, to Middlesbrough and Darlington in the south, from Workington and Barrow in the west to Sunderland and Hartlepool on the east coast. |
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