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{{Other uses|Midlands (disambiguation){{!}}Midlands}}{{User:RMCD bot/subject notice|1=Midlands|2=Talk:The Midlands#Requested move 23 March 2019 }} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}} {{Use British English|date=December 2014}}{{Infobox settlement
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|elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m =|elevation_ft =|elevation_max_m =|elevation_max_ft =|elevation_min_m =|elevation_min_ft =|population_as_of = 2011 census|population_footnotes =|population_note =|population_total =10135000|population_urban =8079000|population_rural =2056000|population_density_km2 = auto| population_demonym = Midlander|timezone = Greenwich Mean Time|utc_offset = +0|timezone_DST = British Summer Time|utc_offset_DST = +1|latd= |latm= |lats= |latNS=|longd= |longm= |longs= |longEW=|website =|footnotes =}}The Midlands is an area of central England that borders the South East, South West, North West, East of England and Yorkshire and the Humber. Its largest city is Birmingham. Broadly corresponding to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia, it was important in the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries. The Midlands are mostly split between the East Midlands and West Midlands.==Extent==Although there is no precise definition, the Midlands, if defined as being made up of the regions of East Midlands and West Midlands,[{{cite web |title=Why the East Midlands and West Midlands must join forces |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/east-midlands-west-midlands-must-11974315 |website=Birmingham Mail |publisher=Birmingham Mail |accessdate=22 February 2019}}]
2. ^{{cite web |title=South Midlands Region |url=http://www.cba-southmidlands.org.uk/ |website=Council for British Archaeology |publisher=Council for British Archaeology |accessdate=22 February 2019}}
3. ^{{cite book |title=North Midland Country: A Survey of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire |publisher=Harold Ingram |pages=0-116 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HHLRAAAAMAAJ&q=north+midlands+staffordshire&dq=north+midlands+staffordshire&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiokrKsvtDgAhWGRBUIHXjzDaIQ6AEIMDAC|accessdate=22 February 2019}}
4. ^{{cite book |title=The Rise of the English Regions? |publisher=Irene Hardill, Paul Benneworth, Mark Baker, Leslie Budd |page=173 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Qd1-AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA173&dq=north+midlands+lincolnshire&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjWpIulv9DgAhWEQxUIHelJBmsQ6AEILzAC#v=onepage&q=north%20midlands%20lincolnshire&f=false|accessdate=22 February 2019}}
5. ^{{cite web|title = The Midlands Engine|url=http://www.d2n2lep.org/growth/midlands-engine|publisher=The Local Enterprise Partnership for Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire|accessdate=28 July 2017}}
6. ^{{cite web|title = Some Shropshire Hills…|url=http://www.shropshirehillsaonb.co.uk/enjoying-the-shropshire-hills/places-to-visit/some-shropshire-hills/|publisher=Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty|accessdate=23 June 2016}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wheeldontreesfarm.co.uk/peak-district-national-park-facts-figures-c206.html|title=Peak District National Park Facts & Figures|publisher=Wheeldon trees Farm|accessdate=23 June 2016}}
8. ^{{cite web| title = The Malvern Hills| publisher = Abberley and Malvern Hills Geopark| url = http://www.geopark.org.uk/blog/Geology/AreaGeology/_archives/2009/7/12/4252612.html| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721231353/http://www.geopark.org.uk/blog/Geology/AreaGeology/_archives/2009/7/12/4252612.html| archivedate=21 July 2011| accessdate = 23 June 2016}}
9. ^{{cite web| title = Malverns Complex| publisher = Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust| url = http://www.earthheritagetrust.org/pub/learning-discovery/aggregates/lithology-profiles/malverns-complex/| accessdate = 23 June 2016}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.the-cotswolds.org/top/english/intro.php|title=The Cotswolds|publisher=The Cotswolds|accessdate=23 June 2016}}
11. ^Calculated using data from WorldClim.org. {{cite journal|last1=Hijmans|first1=R.J.|first2=S.E.|last2=Cameron|first3=J.L.|last3=Parra|first4=P.G.|last4=Jones|first5=A.|last5=Jarvis|year=2005|title=Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas. International Journal of Climatology|volume=25|pages=1965–1978}}
12. ^Snow and low temps 2010 http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/interesting/dec2010
13. ^December 2010 http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/summaries/2010/december
14. ^Record heat July 2006 http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/interesting/july2006/
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate/gcq8uy4x6|title=Ragley Hall climate|first=Met|last=Office|website=www.metoffice.gov.uk}}
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