Gateshead
The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It includes Gateshead, Rowlands Gill, Whickham, Blaydon, Ryton, Felling, Birtley, Pelaw, Dunston and Low Fell.
- Type: metropolitan borough with 203,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England
- Also known as: “district métropolitain de Gateshead”, “Gateshead (metropolitan borough)”, “Gateshead District”, “Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead”, and “ゲーツヘッド・カウンシル”
- Neighbors: Northumberland and South Tyneside
Places of Interest
Highlights: Dunston railway station and Ravensworth Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne.
Gateshead
Latitude
54.9333° or 54° 56′ north
Longitude
-1.6667° or 1° 40′ west
Population
203,000
Elevation
328 feet (100 metres)
Abbreviation
“GAT”
Open location code
9C6WW8MM+88
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Welsh—“Gateshead” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Гейтсгэд”
- Breton: “Gateshead”
- Catalan: “Gateshead”
- Cebuano: “Gateshead”
- Chinese: “蓋茨黑德都市自治市”
- Dutch: “Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead”
- French: “District métropolitain de Gateshead”
- French: “Gateshead”
- German: “Gateshead”
- German: “Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead”
- Hebrew: “גייטסהד”
- Irish: “Gateshead”
- Italian: “Gateshead”
- Japanese: “メトロポリタン・バラ・オブ・ゲーツヘッド”
- Korean: “게이츠헤드 도시 자치구”
- Latvian: “Geitsheda (boro)”
- Latvian: “Geitsheda”
- Luxembourgish: “Gateshead”
- Northern Frisian: “Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gateshead”
- Norwegian: “Gateshead”
- Persian: “کلانشهر مستقل گیتسهد”
- Polish: “Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead”
- Russian: “Гейтсхед”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Gateshead”
- Swedish: “Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead”
- Ukrainian: “Гейтсхед”
- Urdu: “میٹروپولیٹن بورو گیٹسہیڈ”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Fetropolitan Gateshead”
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Places to explore: Street Gate and Sunniside.
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