Sandwell
| Borough of Sandwell | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Ceremonial County: | West Midlands |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 258th 85.58 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Oldbury |
| ONS code: | 00CS |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 20th 284,875 3,329 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 79.7% White 14.0% S.Asian 3.8% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.smbc.sandwell.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Labour |
| MPs: | Adrian Bailey, Sylvia Heal, John Spellar, Tom Watson |
Sandwell is a metropolitan district in the West Midlands of England.
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council is the local government body responsible for the administration of the borough, which is made up of the Black Country towns of Oldbury (where the council has its headquarters), Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Warley, Wednesbury and West Bromwich. Sandwell is divided into 24 wards and is represented by 72 ward councillors.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 as a merger of the county boroughs of Warley and West Bromwich, previously in Staffordshire.
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| Districts of England - West Midlands | |
| Birmingham | Bridgnorth | Bromsgrove | Cannock Chase | Coventry | Dudley | East Staffordshire | Herefordshire | Lichfield | Malvern Hills | Newcastle-under-Lyme | North Shropshire | North Warwickshire | Nuneaton and Bedworth | Oswestry | Redditch | Rugby | Sandwell | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Solihull | South Shropshire | South Staffordshire | Stafford | Staffordshire Moorlands | Stoke-on-Trent | Stratford-on-Avon | Tamworth | Telford and Wrekin | Warwick | Walsall | Wolverhampton | Worcester | Wychavon | Wyre Forest | |
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Administrative Counties with multiple districts: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire |