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According to the Office for National Statistics (the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority), in their comparison of urban areas, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area is far larger than the West Yorkshire Built-up Area which includes Leeds.
If you look at the area by metropolitan borough instead, then Leeds comes out on top by a healthy margin. So, it just depends on how you look at it, and what exactly you are measuring.
Some other opinions from our community:
- Leeds is 213 square miles and is home to 770,800 people. Manchester is 44.7 square miles and is home to 464,200 people.
- Manchester is far larger than Leeds with a city centre at least 3 times larger. In terms of infrastructure, investment and facilities Manchester is decades ahead of Leeds. In the UK, Manchester has the only international airport outside London. The Manchester conurbation is around 2.6 million compared to the whole of West Yorkshire which is only around 2.1 million.
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