West Midlands
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West Midlands may refer to:
- West Midlands (region)West Midlands (region)The West Midlands is an official region of England, covering the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It contains the second most populous British city, Birmingham, and the larger West Midlands conurbation, which includes the city of Wolverhampton and large towns of Dudley,...
, a region in England - West Midlands (county)West Midlands (county)The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, the metropolitan county in the West Midlands region - West Midlands conurbationWest Midlands conurbationThe West Midlands conurbation is the name given to the large conurbation that includes the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton and the large towns of Dudley, Walsall, West Bromwich, Solihull, Stourbridge, Halesowen in the English West Midlands....
, the large conurbation in the West Midlands region - West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)West Midlands is a constituency of the European Parliament. For 2009 it elected 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation. The constituency will also elect a "virtual MEP" who will be able to sit in the Parliament if the Treaty of Lisbon comes into effect...
, the constituency of the European Parliament corresponding to the West Midlands region - West Midlands PoliceWest Midlands PoliceWest Midlands Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.Covering an area with nearly 2.6 million inhabitants, which includes the cities of Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton and also the Black Country; the force is made up...
- West Midlands RegimentWest Midlands RegimentThe West Midlands Regiment was a British Territorial Army regiment from 1998 to 2007.The regiment was formed on April 5, 1988 by the amalgamation of four territorial infantry battalions:*3rd Battalion, Staffordshire Regiment...
, the British Territorial Army regiment - BBC West MidlandsBBC West MidlandsBBC West Midlands is the BBC English Region producing local television, radio, web and teletext content for West Midlands metropolitan county, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and parts of Northern Gloucestershire - although the county as part of the south west...
, a local BBC region - West Midlands (Regional) League, association football league
- West Midlands EnglishWest Midlands EnglishWest Midlands English is a group of dialects of the English language. The accent has experienced ridicule within the UK for its unusual sound. The accent is a result of extensive migration to the region during the Industrial revolution...