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South Yorkshire is located in England
South Yorkshire
The ceremonial and metropolitan county of South Yorkshire in north-central England is administered by a combined authority. With 1.34 million residents in 2011, it covers 1,552 square kilometers and boasts a population of its own (599 sq mi). Sheffield City, Barnsley City, Doncaster City, and Rotherham City are the four metropolitan boroughs that make up the county, all of which are governed by a mayor who is elected at-large.
South Yorkshire, which is situated on the eastern side of the Pennines, is surrounded by the counties of Derbyshire to the west and south-west, West Yorkshire to the north-west, North Yorkshire to the north, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east, Lincolnshire to the east, and Nottinghamshire to the south-east. Sheffield, the largest city, has the tenth most people in its metropolitan area in the whole of the United Kingdom. Over half of the county's residents call the urban core home, making it the largest single land use in the western half of the county.
On April 1, 1974, South Yorkshire was officially established as a result of the Local Government Act of 1972.
It is made up of tiny portions of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, as well as 32 districts of the West Riding of Yorkshire (the administrative county and four independent county boroughs). In 1986, South Yorkshire County Council was disbanded, and its metropolitan boroughs became unitary authorities. However, South Yorkshire as a metropolitan county still exists in law.
South Yorkshire is a ceremonial county, hence it has an official Lord Lieutenant and a High Sheriff. Barnsley, located roughly in the middle of the two metropolitan areas, is member of both the Sheffield City Region LEP and the Leeds City Region.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire, is the county's second-largest city after Sheffield, which also attained city status in 2022. If this happens, Yorkshire will have two cities (Doncaster and Sheffield) and two municipalities (Barnsley and Rotherham).
Geography of South Yorkshire
Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire all share borders with the metropolitan county. The Pennines and their foothills rise in the western part of the county and slope gently eastward into the Humberhead Levels, giving the county its distinctive topography. The county is situated on the carboniferous rocks of the Yorkshire coalfield on the outer Pennine margins, giving rise to a varied topography of hills, escarpments, and vast valleys. There is much proof of both recent and long-ago industrialization in this terrain. Numerous mine structures, old spoil piles, and steel mills may be seen in this area. Cityscapes, abandoned factories, and open fields all coexist in this landscape. Although certain elements of the pre-industrial landscape and semi-natural vegetation still exist, ribbon developments along transit arteries such as canal, road, and rail are important aspects of the area. West of the county, the Pennines are mostly contained within the Peak District National Park and feature carboniferous rocks, with millstone grit sandstones of the Dark Peak rising from the Yorkshire coalfield and the landscape being predominantly moorland plateaus and gritstone margins. Many steep valleys characterize the inner Pennine margins between the Dark Peak and the Yorkshire coalfield, and the terrain changes from uplands and rural to lowlands and urban as one moves eastward across the county. The Dearne, the Rother, and the Don are all important rivers that run through the region. To the east, around Doncaster, the land becomes flatter as the eastward-dipping carboniferous rocks of the coalfield are covered by the lacustrine deposits of the Humberhead Levels. Since this region is mostly beyond the previous glacier's limiting latitudes, there is surprisingly little evidence of ice here.
Economy of South Yorkshire
The European Regional Development Fund has prioritized South Yorkshire since it is one of the least prosperous regions in Western Europe. South Yorkshire's regional GVA at current base prices is depicted here as a chart, with values in the millions of British Pounds.
However, the county's service industry has been booming as of late. Doncaster was named best small European city for investment in the FDI European Cities and Regions of the Future 2022/23 Awards.