Newcastle upon Tyne

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Newcastle upon Tyne is a city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is located on the north bank of the River Tyne and was formerly the county town of Northumberland.

The city is the 20th most populous in England; the larger Tyneside conurbation, of which Newcastle forms part, is the 6th most populous conurbation in the United Kingdom.

People from Newcastle and surrounding areas are commonly called Geordies. The Latin term Novocastrian, can equally be applied to residents of any place called Newcastle but is also regularly used in reference to residents of Northumberland.

Birthplace of (to name a few) musicians Hank Marvin, Sting, Neil Tennant and Cheryl Cole, footballers Peter Beardsley and Alan Shearer, entertainers Ant and Dec and origin of the bands The Animals and Dire Straits.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne
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Coordinates:   55°1'8"N   1°39'9"W

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  • Birthplace of Rowan Atkinson (Mr.Bean) as well
  • Shouldn't Newcastle be much smaller? Now it covers also other borroughs, like South Tyneside etc - see Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne . Maybe it is Tyneside conurbation, not Newcastle itself?
  • Now it is the City of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, if only for the first time. http://gis.newcastle.gov.uk/mapsonline/map.asp?wid=1024&browsertype=ie
  • Regards to me folks Mrs Galloway, Calum, Giboy, Charice! New Castle rocks! :)
  • Geordies live her.
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