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Sunderland is a city and port in the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough, in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. It lies at the mouth of the River Wear, along the North Sea. The 2006 population estimate for the city metropolitian borough is 284,000.
In 20th century, Sunderland was traditionally a major centre of the shipbuilding and coal mining industries, although the last shipyard closed in 1988 and the last coal mine in 1994. The service sector has countered the decline in heavy industry, and the town is home to many customer service telephone call centres, the quality of which means they have avoided the recent trend towards outsourcing overseas.
Sunderland is a breath of fresh air, with a stunning coastline and breathtaking countryside nearby as well as all the nightlife, leisure and cultural opportunities you’d expect from a major city.
The metropolitan borough was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 by the merger of several districts of County Durham - Washington Urban District, Houghton-le-Spring Urban District and Hetton Urban District - with the County Borough of Sunderland. The metropolitan borough was granted city status in 1992, the 40th anniversary of the Queen accession.
Sunderland has been an important centre for education since 674 AD, when Benedict Biscop built St Peter’s Church and monastery.
Since 2002, the Tyne and Wear Metro system between Newcastle and South Hylton.It is the busiest bus and coach station in Britain after Victoria Coach Station in Central London. A new Metro station was built underneath the bus concourse to provide a direct interchange.
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