Tyne and Wear
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Tyne & Wear is an English county for the purposes of lieutenancy which covers parts of the traditional counties Durham and Northumberland. It includes the five council areas Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland. Tyne & Wear Metropolitan County Council was abolished on 1 April 1986, but the five authorities cooperate in the provision of certain services to the county, including passenger transport (notably the Tyne and Wear Metro), museums, and fire and civil defense.
Tyne and Wear gets its name from two large rivers which run through it, the Tyne and the Wear. This county is south-east of Northumberland, north of Durham, west of the North Sea.[1]