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Bradford
KNOWLEDGE OF Bradford
Bradford is a metropolitan borough with city status in West Yorkshire, England. It is named after its largest settlement, the city of Bradford.
The Bradford Metropolitan District (population:477,770 Source ONS 2003 Mid Year Estinate) is England's 4th largest district with city status. In terms of the population of its urban area area, which is the primary meaning of city in British English, Bradford is around the tenth largest city in England.
The current borough boundaries date from April 1, 1974, when the county borough of Bradford was merged with the borough of Keighley, the urban districts of Baildon, Bingley, Denholme, Ilkley, Shipley and Silsden, along with the Queensbury parts of Queensbury and Shelf urban district and the parishes of Addingham, Kidwick and Steeton with Eastburn from Skipton Rural District.
Places within the borough boundaries (in addition to the Bradford city area itself) include Addingham, Baildon, Bingley, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Cottingley, Cullingworth, Denholme, Haworth, Ilkley, Keighley, Manningham, Menston, Oakworth, Oxenhope, Queensbury, Saltaire, Shipley, Silsden, Steeton with Eastburn, Thornton and Wilsden.
The northern and western parts of the district are largely rural, with areas of high moorland including the famous Ilkley Moor and Brontë Country.
Most of the Bradford city area is still unparished, but there are parish and town councils for most of the outlying towns and villages in the District.
It has a large number of recent immigrants, and approximately 22% of the population are from ethnic minority groups, particularly from Pakistan. Asian immigrants' restaurants have led to the city being dubbed "the curry capital of Europe". Bradford is the district with the fourth highest percentage of Muslims in Britain (16.1% compared to an average of 3.0%).
There have been riots in 2001, where muslim youth clashed with the British National party and West Yorkshire Police. Destroying many businesses and further polarising the tense situation that exists in Bradford with relations between different communities. The local authority was criticised for having a 'weak, and 'muddled' response to the situation and its aftermath. Indeed, national figures have commented on the response by the local authority in their collusion with corrupt practices and of their toleration of discrimination on a number of levels.
The Bradford Metropolitan District (population:477,770 Source ONS 2003 Mid Year Estinate) is England's 4th largest district with city status. In terms of the population of its urban area area, which is the primary meaning of city in British English, Bradford is around the tenth largest city in England.
The current borough boundaries date from April 1, 1974, when the county borough of Bradford was merged with the borough of Keighley, the urban districts of Baildon, Bingley, Denholme, Ilkley, Shipley and Silsden, along with the Queensbury parts of Queensbury and Shelf urban district and the parishes of Addingham, Kidwick and Steeton with Eastburn from Skipton Rural District.
Places within the borough boundaries (in addition to the Bradford city area itself) include Addingham, Baildon, Bingley, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Cottingley, Cullingworth, Denholme, Haworth, Ilkley, Keighley, Manningham, Menston, Oakworth, Oxenhope, Queensbury, Saltaire, Shipley, Silsden, Steeton with Eastburn, Thornton and Wilsden.
The northern and western parts of the district are largely rural, with areas of high moorland including the famous Ilkley Moor and Brontë Country.
Most of the Bradford city area is still unparished, but there are parish and town councils for most of the outlying towns and villages in the District.
It has a large number of recent immigrants, and approximately 22% of the population are from ethnic minority groups, particularly from Pakistan. Asian immigrants' restaurants have led to the city being dubbed "the curry capital of Europe". Bradford is the district with the fourth highest percentage of Muslims in Britain (16.1% compared to an average of 3.0%).
There have been riots in 2001, where muslim youth clashed with the British National party and West Yorkshire Police. Destroying many businesses and further polarising the tense situation that exists in Bradford with relations between different communities. The local authority was criticised for having a 'weak, and 'muddled' response to the situation and its aftermath. Indeed, national figures have commented on the response by the local authority in their collusion with corrupt practices and of their toleration of discrimination on a number of levels.
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