Editing Liverpool (section)

{{Short description|City in Merseyside, England}}
{{About|the city in England|the namesake football club|Liverpool F.C.|other uses|Liverpool (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Liverpool
| settlement_type    = [[City status in the United Kingdom|City]] and [[metropolitan borough]]
| image_skyline      = {{multiple image | total_width = 290 | border = infobox | perrow = 1/2/2/3 | caption_align = center
 |image1 = Liverpool Skyline 2023.jpg
 |caption1 = [[Liverpool city centre#Waterfront|Liverpool waterfront]] seen from the [[River Mersey]]
 |image2= Royal Albert Dock from Mermaid Court.jpg
 |caption2 = [[Albert Dock, Liverpool|Royal Albert Dock]]
 |alt2 = Red-brick buildings with orangey-pink support arches for covered walkways around a square dock.
 |image3 = Liverpool’s Three Graces.jpg
 |alt3 = Three large white buildings with varying styles.
 |caption3 =[[Three Graces of Liverpool|Three Graces]]
 |image4 = St Georges Hall Liverpool 3 (6727529617).jpg
 |alt4 = St George's Hall, long neo-classical building with multiple portico sets.
 |caption4 = [[St George's Hall, Liverpool|St George's Hall]]
 |image5 = Liverpool Town Hall - 2013-03-25 (2).JPG
 |alt5 = The town hall, at the head of Castle Street, is a sandstone-brick building with a neo-classical central portico entrance under a cylindrical and dome-topped clock tower.
 |caption5 = [[Liverpool Town Hall]]
 |image6 = Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Exterior, Liverpool, UK - Diliff.jpg
 |alt6 =  Roman Catholic Cathedral a round tent-like building. It is made of concrete in a cylindrical shape, narrowing in the middle third with diagonal poles running up the build and changing angle (in stages) to a vertical angle at the top. The upper third has multiple rectangular stained-glass window strips. vertical square central slap acts as an entrance with a cross etched onto it.
 |caption6 = [[Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral]]
 |image7 = LIVERPOOL ANGLICAN CATHEDERAL SEP2012 (7916053494).jpg
 |alt7 = Church of England Cathedral, a large red-brick up-sized down capital letter 'T' shaped building.
 |caption7 = [[Liverpool Cathedral]]
 }}
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| image_shield       = Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg
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| shield_link        = Coat of arms of Liverpool
| image_blank_emblem = Liver bird.svg
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| blank_emblem_link  = Liver bird
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| motto              = {{langx |la|Deus Nobis Haec Otia Fecit |translation=God has granted us this ease}}
| image_map          = Liverpool UK locator map.svg
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| map_caption        = Liverpool shown within [[Merseyside]]
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| coordinates        = {{Wikidatacoord|Q24826|region:GB_type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type   = [[Sovereign state]]
| subdivision_name   = [[United Kingdom]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Countries of the United Kingdom|Country]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[England]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Regions of England|Region]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[North West England|North West]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Ceremonial counties of England|Ceremonial county]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Merseyside]]
| subdivision_type4  = [[Historic counties of England|Historic county]]
| subdivision_name4  = [[Lancashire]]
| subdivision_type5  = [[City region (United Kingdom)|City region]]
| subdivision_name5  = [[Liverpool City Region|Liverpool]]
| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = 1207
| established_title1 = City status
| established_date1  = 1880
| established_title2 = [[Metropolitan borough]]
| established_date2  = [[Local Government Act 1972|1 April 1974]]
| named_for          = 
| seat_type          = Administrative HQ
| seat               = [[Cunard Building]]
| parts              = <!-- Government -->
| government_footnotes = <ref name="Council leadership">{{cite web|url=https://liverpool.gov.uk/council/|title=Council|website=[[Liverpool City Council]]|access-date=16 December 2023|archive-date=16 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216133028/https://liverpool.gov.uk/council/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| government_type    = [[Metropolitan borough]]
| governing_body     = [[Liverpool City Council]]
| leader_title       = [[Executive arrangements|Executive]]
| leader_name        = [[Executive arrangements#Leader and cabinet|Leader and cabinet]]
| leader_title1      = [[Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom|Control]]
| leader_name1       = {{English district control|GSS=E08000012}}
| leader_title2      = [[Executive arrangements#Leader and cabinet|Leader]]
| leader_name2       = [[Liam Robinson (politician)|Liam Robinson]] ([[Labour and Co-operative Party|L]])
| leader_title3      = [[Lord Mayor of Liverpool|Lord Mayor]]
| leader_name3       = [[Richard Kemp (politician)|Richard Kemp]]
| leader_title4      = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MPs]]
| leader_name4       = {{Collapsible list | title = 5 MPs
 | [[Paula Barker]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
 | [[Ian Byrne]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
 | [[Dan Carden]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
 | [[Maria Eagle]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
 | [[Kim Johnson (politician)|Kim Johnson]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
 }}
<!-- Area -->| unit_pref          = Metric <!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion -->
| area_footnotes     = <ref>{{United Kingdom district population citation|area }}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 134
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| area_rank          = [[List of English districts by area|{{English district area rank|GSS=E08000012}}]]
<!-- Population -->| population_footnotes = <ref name="popstats">{{United Kingdom district population citation }}</ref>
| population_as_of   = {{English statistics year}}
| population_total   = {{English district population|GSS=E08000012}}
| population_rank    = [[List of English districts by population|{{English district rank|GSS=E08000012}}]]
| population_density_km2 = {{English district density|GSS=E08000012}}
| population_demonym = {{unbulleted list | Liverpudlian | Scouser ([[Colloquialism|colloq.]]) }}
<!-- demographics (section 1) -->| demographics_type1 = Ethnicity <span style="font-weight:normal;">([[2021 United Kingdom census|2021]])</span>
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="2021 Nomis">{{NOMIS2021|id=E08000012|title=Liverpool Local Authority|access-date=8 August 2023 }}</ref>
| demographics1_title1 = [[Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom|Ethnic groups]]
| demographics1_info1 = {{Collapsible list
 | 84.0% [[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]
 | 5.7% [[British Asians|Asian]]
 | 3.5% [[Black British people|Black]]
 | 3.5% [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed]]
 | 3.3% [[Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom|other]]
 }}
<!-- demographics (section 2) -->| demographics_type2 = Religion <span style="font-weight:normal;">(2021)</span>
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="2021 Nomis"/>
| demographics2_title1 = [[Religion in England|Religion]]
| demographics2_info1 = {{Collapsible list
 | 57.3% [[Religion in England#Christianity|Christianity]]
 | 29.4% [[Irreligion in the United Kingdom|no religion]]
 | 5.3% [[Islam in England|Islam]]
 | 0.8% [[Hinduism in England|Hinduism]]
 | 0.4% [[Buddhism in England|Buddhism]]
 | 0.4% [[History of the Jews in England|Judaism]]
 | 0.1% [[Sikhism in England|Sikhism]]
 | 0.4% [[Religion in England|other]]
 | 5.9% not stated
 }}
| timezone1          = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
| utc_offset1        = +0
| timezone1_DST      = [[British Summer Time|BST]]
| utc_offset1_DST    = +1
<!-- Codes -->| postal_code_type   = [[Postcodes in the United Kingdom|Postcode area]]
| postal_code        = [[L postcode area|L]]
| area_code_type     = [[Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom|Dialling code]]
| area_code          = 0151
| iso_code           = [[ISO 3166-2:GB|GB-LIV]]
| blank1_name        = [[GSS coding system|GSS code]]
| blank1_info        = E08000012
| website            = {{URL|liverpool.gov.uk}}
 |parts_type = Districts of the city
 |p1 = [[Aigburth]]
 |p2 = [[Allerton, Liverpool|Allerton]]
 |p3 = [[Anfield (suburb)|Anfield]]
 |p4 = [[Belle Vale, Liverpool|Belle Vale]]
 |p5 = [[Broadgreen]]
 |p6 = [[Canning, Liverpool|Canning]]
 |p7 = [[Childwall]]
 |p8 = [[Chinatown, Liverpool|Chinatown]]
 |p9 = [[Liverpool city centre|City Centre]]
 |p10 = [[Clubmoor]]
 |p11 = [[Croxteth]]
 |p12 = [[Dingle, Liverpool|Dingle]]
 |p13 = [[Dovecot, Liverpool|Dovecot]]
 |p14 = [[Edge Hill, Liverpool|Edge Hill]]
 |p15 = [[Everton, Liverpool|Everton]]
 |p16 = [[Fairfield, Liverpool|Fairfield]]
 |p17 = [[Fazakerley]]
 |p18 = [[Garston, Liverpool|Garston]]
 |p19 = [[Gateacre]]
 |p20 = [[Gillmoss]]
 |p21 = [[Grassendale]]
 |p22 = [[Hunt's Cross]]
 |p23 = [[Kensington, Liverpool|Kensington]]
 |p24 = [[Kirkdale, Liverpool|Kirkdale]]
 |p25 = [[Knotty Ash]]
 |p26 = [[Mossley Hill]]
 |p27 = [[Netherley, Liverpool|Netherley]]
 |p28 = [[Norris Green]]
 |p29 = [[Oglet]]
 |p30 = [[Old Swan]]
 |p31 = [[Orrell Park]]
 |p32 = [[Sefton Park (district)|Sefton Park]]
 |p33 = [[St Michael's Hamlet]]
 |p34 = [[Speke]]
 |p35 = [[Stoneycroft]]
 |p36 = [[Toxteth]]
 |p37 = [[Tuebrook]]
 |p38 = [[Vauxhall, Liverpool|Vauxhall]]
 |p39 = [[Walton, Liverpool|Walton]]
 |p40 = [[Wavertree]]
 |p41 = [[West Derby]]
 |p42 = [[Woolton]]
| module             = 
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Liverpool''' is a [[port]] [[City status in the United Kingdom|city]] and [[metropolitan borough]] in [[Merseyside]], England. It is situated on the eastern side of the [[River Mersey|Mersey Estuary]], near the [[Irish Sea]], {{Convert|178|mi}} north-west of [[London]]. With a population of {{English district population|GSS=E08000012}} (in {{English statistics year}}),<ref name="popstats"/> Liverpool is the administrative, cultural and economic centre of the [[Liverpool City Region]], a [[combined authority|combined authority area]] with a population of over 1.5 million.<ref name="ONS GVA and GDP">{{cite web|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/datasets/regionalgrossdomesticproductcityregions|title=Regional gross domestic product: city regions|last=Fenton|first=Trevor|date=25 April 2023|website=Office for National Statistics|access-date=2 September 2023|archive-date=1 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901145758/https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/datasets/regionalgrossdomesticproductcityregions|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Established as a borough in [[Lancashire]] in 1207, Liverpool became significant in the late 17th century when the [[Port of Liverpool]] was heavily involved in the [[Atlantic slave trade]]. The port also imported cotton for the [[Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution|Lancashire textile mills]], and became a major departure point for English and Irish emigrants to North America. Liverpool rose to global economic importance at the forefront of the [[Industrial Revolution]] in the 19th century and was home to the [[Liverpool and Manchester Railway|first intercity railway]], the first non-combustible warehouse system (the [[Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool|Royal Albert Dock]]), and a pioneering [[Liverpool Overhead Railway|elevated electrical railway]]; it was granted city status in 1880 and was moved from Lancashire to the newly created county of Merseyside in [[Local Government Act 1972|1974]]. It entered a period of decline in the mid-20th century, but has experienced regeneration since the [[European Union]] selected it as the [[European Capital of Culture]] in 2008,{{efn|Shared with [[Stavanger]] in Norway.}} which was reported to have generated over £800 million for the local economy within a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/culture/pdf/doc1155_en.pdf|title=Report on the Nominations from the UK and Norway for the European Capital of Culture 2008|access-date=11 July 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080819212038/http://ec.europa.eu/culture/pdf/doc1155_en.pdf|archive-date=19 August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=6 April 2018|title=Liverpool, European Capital of Culture: 2008 – 2018|url=https://www.financedigest.com/liverpool-european-capital-of-culture-2008-2018.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527130901/https://www.financedigest.com/liverpool-european-capital-of-culture-2008-2018.html|archive-date=27 May 2022}}</ref>

The [[economy of Liverpool]] is diversified and encompasses tourism, [[Culture of Liverpool|culture]], [[Maritime transport|maritime]], [[Hospitality industry|hospitality]], [[healthcare industry|healthcare]], [[List of life sciences|life sciences]], advanced manufacturing, [[Creative industries|creative]], and [[Digital economy|digital]] sectors.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Liverpool to become £80m investment zone|url=https://lbndaily.co.uk/liverpool-to-become-80m-investment-zone|access-date=3 January 2024|website=lbndaily.co.uk|date=15 March 2023|archive-date=29 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829001044/https://lbndaily.co.uk/liverpool-to-become-80m-investment-zone/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Economy of Liverpool|url=https://www.varbes.com/economy/liverpool-economy|access-date=3 January 2024|website=varbes.com|archive-date=29 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829001042/https://www.varbes.com/economy/liverpool-economy|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=8 August 2022|title='Liverpool's economy will thrive' says Prof Parkinson|url=https://lbndaily.co.uk/liverpools-economy-will-thrive-says-prof-parkinson|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808072015/https://lbndaily.co.uk/liverpools-economy-will-thrive-says-prof-parkinson/|archive-date=8 August 2022|access-date=3 January 2024|website=lbndaily.co.uk}}</ref> The city is home to the UK's second-highest number of [[art galleries]], [[National Museums Liverpool|national museums]], [[Listed buildings in Liverpool|listed buildings]], and [[Parks and open spaces in Liverpool|parks and open spaces]], with only London having more.<ref name="visitliverpool"/> It is often used as a filming location due to its [[Architecture of Liverpool|architecture]], and was the fifth-most-visited UK city by foreign tourists in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inbound Tourism Spend & Trends By UK Town {{!}} VisitBritain.org|url=https://www.visitbritain.org/research-insights/inbound-visits-and-spend-trends-uk-town|access-date=14 May 2024|website=visitbritain.org|archive-date=28 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428062043/https://www.visitbritain.org/research-insights/inbound-visits-and-spend-trends-uk-town|url-status=live}}</ref> It has produced numerous [[Music of Liverpool|musicians]], most notably [[the Beatles]], and artists from the city have had more UK No. 1 hit singles than anywhere else.<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 November 2023|title=The Beatles' Now and Then success 'a landmark for Liverpool too'|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-67403948|access-date=14 May 2024|publisher=BBC News|archive-date=14 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514163614/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-67403948|url-status=live}}</ref> It has also produced [[:Category:Academics from Liverpool|academics]], [[:Category:Actors from Liverpool|actors]], [[:Category:Artists from Liverpool|artists]], [[:Category:Comedians from Liverpool|comedians]], [[:Category:Film people from Liverpool|filmmakers]], [[:Category:Poets from Liverpool|poets]], [[:Category:Scientists from Liverpool|scientists]], [[:Category:Sportspeople from Liverpool|sportspeople]], and [[:Category:Writers from Liverpool|writers]]. It is the home of [[Premier League]] football teams [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] and [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]. The world's oldest still-operating mainline train station, [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool Lime Street]], is in the city centre; it is also served by the underground [[Merseyrail]] network. The city's port was the fourth largest in the UK in 2023, with numerous shipping and freight lines having headquarters and offices there.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UK: leading sea ports for freight traffic 2023|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1001996/leading-sea-ports-for-freight-traffic-uk/|access-date=14 May 2024|website=Statista|archive-date=14 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514163625/https://www.statista.com/statistics/1001996/leading-sea-ports-for-freight-traffic-uk/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Residents of Liverpool are often called "Scousers" in reference to [[Scouse (food)|scouse]], a local stew made popular by sailors in the city, while "Scouse" is also the most common name given to the [[Scouse|local accent]]. The city's cultural and ethnic diversity is a result of attracting immigrants, especially from Ireland, Scandinavia, and Wales; it is also the home of a large [[Black people in Liverpool|black]] and [[Chinatown, Liverpool|Chinese community]], and the first [[mosque]] in England.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Help Restore & Expand England's First Mosque|url=http://www.abdullahquilliam.org/|access-date=8 October 2023|website=abdullahquilliam.org|archive-date=18 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191118051727/http://www.abdullahquilliam.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>