South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is the southern county of Yorkshire in the north of England. Much of it is industrial, but its western reaches in the Pennine hills have lonely moorlands and scenic valleys.Essential Destinations
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South Yorkshire
- Type: Region with 1,380,000 residents
- Description: county of England, UK
- Also known as: “Ceremonial County South Yorkshire”, “Güney Yorkshire Törensel Kontluğu”, “Siorrachd Eabhrac a Deas”, “Siorrachd Iorc a Deas”, “Süd-Yorkshire”, “Suda Jorkio”, “Графтсва Паўднёвы Ёркшыр”, “Саўт-Ёркшыр”, “Южный Йоркшир”, “ساؤتھ یارکشائر”, and “南约郡”
- Neighbors: Derbyshire, East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, and West Yorkshire
- Categories: metropolitan county and ceremonial county of England
- Location: Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude of center
53.45° or 53° 27′ north
Longitude of center
-1.25° or 1° 15′ west
Population
1,380,000
Elevation
305 feet (93 metres)
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“South Yorkshire” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Suid-Yorkshire”
- Arabic: “جنوب يوركشير”
- Arabic: “ساوث يوركشاير”
- Aragonese: “Yorkshire d’o Sud”
- Armenian: “Հարավային Յորքշիր”
- Armenian: “Սաութ Յորքշիր”
- Asturian: “South Yorkshire”
- Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Yorkşir”
- Balinese: “Yorkshire Kelod”
- Basque: “Hegoaldeko Yorkshire”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёвы Ёркшыр”
- Bengali: “দক্ষিণ ইয়র্কশায়ার”
- Breton: “Su Yorkshire”
- Bulgarian: “Южен Йоркшър”
- Catalan: “South Yorkshire”
- Cebuano: “South Yorkshire”
- Chinese: “南約克郡”
- Chinese: “南約郡”
- Chinese: “南约克郡”
- Czech: “South Yorkshire”
- Danish: “South Yorkshire”
- Dutch: “South Yorkshire”
- Dutch: “Zuid-Yorkshire”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ساوث يوركشير”
- Esperanto: “Suda Jorkŝiro”
- Estonian: “Lõuna-Yorkshire”
- Finnish: “South Yorkshire”
- French: “Yorkshire du Sud”
- German: “South Yorkshire”
- Gujarati: “દક્ષિણ યોર્કશાયર”
- Hebrew: “דרום יורקשייר”
- Hindi: “साउथ यॉर्कशायर”
- Hungarian: “South Yorkshire”
- Icelandic: “Suður-Yorkshire”
- Ido: “South Yorkshire”
- Ido: “Sud-Yorkshire”
- Indonesian: “Yorkshire Selatan”
- Irish: “Yorkshire Theas”
- Italian: “South Yorkshire”
- Japanese: “サウス・ヨークシャー”
- Kannada: “ಸೌತ್ ಯಾರ್ಕ್ಷೈರ್”
- Korean: “사우스요크셔주”
- Ladin: “South Yorkshire”
- Latin: “Isuria Meridionalis”
- Latvian: “Dienvidjorkšīra”
- Latvian: “Sautjorkšīra”
- Lithuanian: “Pietų Jorkšyras”
- Luxembourgish: “Süd Yorkshire”
- Macedonian: “Јужен Јоркшир”
- Manx: “Yorkshire Yiass”
- Marathi: “साउथ यॉर्कशायर”
- Min Nan Chinese: “South Yorkshire”
- Northern Frisian: “South Yorkshire”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “South Yorkshire”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “South Yorkshire”
- Norwegian: “South Yorkshire”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Yorkshire del Sud”
- Ossetian: “Хуссар Йоркшир”
- Persian: “یورکشایر جنوبی”
- Persian: “یورکشر جنوبی”
- Polish: “South Yorkshire”
- Portuguese: “South Yorkshire”
- Romanian: “South Yorkshire”
- Russian: “Саут-Йоркшир”
- Scots: “Sooth Yorkshire”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Siorrachd Eabhraig a Deas”
- Serbian: “Јужни Јоркшир”
- Serbo-Croatian: “South Yorkshire”
- Sicilian: “South Yorkshire”
- Sindhi: “ڏکڻ يارڪشائر”
- Slovak: “South Yorkshire”
- Slovenian: “South Yorkshire”
- Spanish: “Yorkshire del Sur”
- Swedish: “South Yorkshire”
- Tajik: “Йоркшири Ҷанубӣ”
- Tamil: “தெற்கு யோர்க்க்ஷிர்”
- Telugu: “దక్షణ యార్క్ షైర్”
- Thai: “เซาท์ยอร์กเชอร์”
- Turkish: “Güney Yorkshire”
- Ukrainian: “Південний Йоркшир”
- Urdu: “جنوبی یارکشائر”
- Venetian: “contea de South York”
- Vietnamese: “South Yorkshire”
- Volapük: “South Yorkshire”
- Waray (Philippines): “South Yorkshire”
- Welsh: “De Swydd Efrog”
- Western Frisian: “Súd-Yorkshire”
- Western Panjabi: “تھلواں یارکشائر”
- Wu Chinese: “南约克郡”
- Yiddish: “דרום יארקשיר”
- Yue Chinese: “南約郡”
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