Cumbria

"Cumbria es un condado no metropolitano situado en la zona noroeste de Inglaterra, en el Reino Unido. Sus límites están en el mar de Irlanda al oeste y la cordillera de los Peninos al este. Su capital es Carlisle. Tiene un área de 6.768 km². Su población aproximada es de 489.829 habitantes. La segunda ciudad mayor de Cumbria es Barrow-in-Furness con una población de 71.980 habitantes. Cumbria limita con los condados de Northumberland, Durham, North Yorkshire, Lancashire y la región escocesa de Dumfries and Galloway. Se compone de seis distritos: Allerdale, Barrow-in-Furness, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden y South Lakeland. Cumbria se creó en 1974 y cubre los condados tradicionales de Cumberland y Westmoreland, más la zona de los Furness del condado de Lancashire y una zona de Yorkshire. El nombre "Cumbria" se ha utilizado para designar la región durante siglos. Después de la creación del condado administrativo de Cumbria, algunos habitantes, sobre todo los que han nacido o crecido en la zona, siguen refiriéndose a la zona de Furness por el nombre tradicional de su condado: Lancashire. La cultura de la zona fue céltica y su nombre deriva del nombre del área en idioma cúmbrico. Está conectado etimológicamente con el término galés Cymru que significa Gales. Cumbria es una de las zonas más celtas de toda Inglaterra. En Cumbria se encuentra el Parque Nacional Lake District, considerado uno de las zonas más hermosas de toda Gran Bretaña. El punto más alto del condado (y de toda Inglaterra) se sitúa en Scafell Pike con una altura de 978 metros sobre el nivel del mar."

"Cumbria (English pronunciation: /kmbri/ KUM-bree-; locally [kmbi] KUUM-bree-) is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's county town is Carlisle to the north, and the only other major urban area is Barrow-in-Furness on the south-western tip of the county. The county of Cumbria consists of six districts (Allerdale, Barrow-in-Furness, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden and South Lakeland), and in 2008 had a population of just under half a million. Cumbria is one of the most sparsely populated counties in the United Kingdom, with 73.4 people per km2 (190/sq mi). Cumbria, the third-largest ceremonial county in England by area, is bounded to the north by the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders, to the west by the Irish Sea, to the south by Lancashire, to the southeast by North Yorkshire, and to the east by County Durham and Northumberland. Cumbria is predominantly rural and contains the Lake District and Lake District National Park, considered one of England's most outstanding areas of natural beauty, serving as inspiration for artists, writers, and musicians. A large area of the south east of the county is within the Yorkshire Dales National Park while the east of the county fringes the North Pennines AONB. Much of Cumbria is mountainous, and it contains every peak in England over 3,000 feet (910 m) above sea level, with Scafell Pike at 3,209 feet (978 m) being the highest point of England. An upland, coastal, and rural area, Cumbria's history is characterised by invasions, migration, and settlement, as well as battles and skirmishes between the English and the Scots. Notable historic sites in Cumbria include Carlisle Castle, Furness Abbey, Hardknott Roman Fort, Brough Castle and Hadrian's Wall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site."