London Borough of Tower Hamlets

London Borough of Tower Hamlets
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
	Lunnon burgh
	Tower Hamlets shown athin Greater Lunnon
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Constituent kintra	Ingland
Region	Lunnon
Ceremonial coonty	Greater Lunnon
Status	Lunnon burgh
Admin HQ	Clove Crescent, Blackwall
Incorporatit	1 Aprile 1965
Govrenment
• Teep	Lunnon borough cooncil
• Bodi	Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
• Leadership	Mayor & Cabinet (Labour)
• Executive mayor	Lutfur Rahman
• MPs	Rushanara Ali; Jim Fitzpatrick
• Lunnon Assembly	John Biggs AM for {{{gla_constituency}}}
• EU Parliament	Lunnon
Area
• Total	19.77 km2 (7.63 sq mi)
Area rank	320t (o 326)
Population (mid-2016 est.)
• Rank	41st (o 326)
• Ethnicity	31.2% White Breetish; 1.5% White Erse; 12.4% Ither White; 1.1% White & Black Caribbean; 0.6% White & Black African; 1.2% White & Asie; 1.2% Ither Mixed; 2.7% Indie; 1% Pakistani; 32% Bangladeshi; 2.3% Ither Asie; 2.1% Black Caribbean; 3.7% Black African; 1.5% Ither Black; 3.2% Cheenese; 1.3% Ither
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcodes	E
Polis force	Metropolitan Polis
Website	www.towerhamlets.gov.uk

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets (pronunciation (help·info)) is a Lunnon burgh tae the east o the Ceety o Lunnon an north o the River Thames. It is in the eastren pairt o Lunnon an covers hintle o the traditional East End. It an aw includes hintle o the redeveloped Docklands region o Lunnon, includin West India Docks and Canary Wharf. Mony o the tawest biggins in Lunnon are locatit on the Isle o Dogs in the sooth o the borough. The borough haes a population o 220,000, which includes ane o the heichest ethnic minority populations in the caipital, consistin mainly o Bangladeshis.^[2] The local authority is Tower Hamlets London Borough Council.

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