Bradford

Bradford is a major city in West Yorkshire, England. The city has a population of about 500,000 people. Bradford grew due to its excellence in the textile trades of nineteenth century England. Bradford is home to Bradford City Football Club who became the first English football club to win the current FA Cup trophy in 1911.

City of Bradford UK
City & Metropolitan borough
Bradford City Hall
Coat of Arms
Nickname:  'Wool City'[1]
Motto:  "Progress-Industry-Humanity"
Bradford shown within England
Coordinates: 53.792°N 1.754°W / 53.792; -1.754
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial county	West Yorkshire
Admin HQ	Bradford
Borough Charter	1847
City status	1897
City of Bradford Met. District created	1974
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough, City
• Governing body	City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
• Lord Mayor	Cllr Naveeda Ikram (L)
• Deputy Lord Mayor	Cllr Valerie Slater (L)
• Chief Executive	Tony Reeves
• MPs:	Philip Davies (C) Kris Hopkins (C) Gerry Sutcliffe (L) David Ward (LD) George Galloway (R)
Area
• Total	143 sq mi (370 km2)
Population  (2005 est.)
• Total	(Ranked )
• Density	3,341/sq mi (1,290/km2)
• Ethnicity (2001 census)[2]	74.9% White 20.5% Asian or Asian British 1.6% Black or Black British 1.9% Mixed Race 1.1% Chinese and other
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
Postcode	BD
Area code(s)	01274 (urban core/wider city) 01535 (Keighley) 01943 (Ilkley)
ISO 3166-2	GB-BFD
ONS code	00CX
NUTS 3	UKE41
OS grid reference	SE164331
Euro. Parlt. Const.	Yorkshire & the Humber
Website	www.bradford.gov.uk

Bradford is near Leeds. The two cities share the Leeds Bradford International Airport.