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Yorkshire is the largest historic county of England and Great Britain, covering just under 6,000 sq. miles (15,000 km²) with a population of around five million. The highest point in Yorkshire is Mickle Fell at 788 m (2585 ft). It is bordered by County Durham (along the River Tees), Lincolnshire (along the Humber), Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire (along the Pennines), Westmorland and the North Sea and is traditionally divided into West, North and East Ridings (from Old Norse þriðing, "third part", a legacy of the area's ninth century Scandinavian settlers). Each of the ridings was then further subdivided into smaller units called Wapentakes, which were administered by an early experiment with democratic representation termed a "Thing". The county town, York, is not part of any riding.

In modern terms, a large part of Yorkshire together with a small part of Lincolnshire forms the Government Office Region of Yorkshire and the Humber, and is itself divided into several administrative counties. The bulk of historic Yorkshire is part of the ceremonial counties of North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and East Riding, with small parts in the Teesdale district of County Durham, the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, the Ribble Valley and Pendle districts of Lancashire, and the boroughs of Oldham and Tameside in Greater Manchester.

The emblem of Yorkshire is the White Rose of the House of York. An annual Yorkshire Day celebration has been held every 1 August since 1975. Amongst the celebrations there is a Civic gathering of Lord Mayors, Mayors and other Civic Heads from across the county and convened by the Yorkshire Society, in 2004 it was held in Leeds and in 2005 it was held in Bradford. The people of Penistone will be hosting the Civic gathering in 2006. There is also an "anthem" for the county in the form of the folk song "On Ilkla Moor Baht'at" (on Ilkley Moor without a hat).

The county is known - by residents and expatriates alike - as "God's Own County"

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