Geography: Leeds is located in the county of West Yorkshire in Northern England. The city is at the southern tip of the Yorkshire Dales and runs along the north bank of the River Aire and the Leeds-Liverpool Canal.
There are important facts that everybody who visit Leeds should know:
- Population: 715,404 (Census 2001)
- Size: 562 km²
- Elevation: 154 feet
- Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire
- Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
- Average January Temperature: 41°F
- Average July Temperature: 62°F
- Electricity: 240 volts AC, 50Hz, standard square three pin plugs
- Time Zone: GMT/UTC (+1 during daylight saving time)
- Country Dialing Code: 44
- Area Code: 113
The ethnicity of Leeds is really varied, there are 89.1% white, 5.4% Asian (or Asian British), 2.0% Black (or Black British), 1.7% mixed race and 1.8% Chinese and other.