City of Sunderland

The City of Sunderland is a local government district of Tyne and Wear, in North East England, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. It is named after its largest settlement, Sunderland, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Washington, Houghton-le-Spring, and other smaller settlements. The district had a population of 280,807 at the time of the 2001 census. 

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Sunderland City Council is the winner of the Government's Digital Challenge, being identified as an exemplar in how to use digital technology to tackle social exclusion. Sunderland is aiming to become a low-carbon Council and adopted a Carbon Plan in June 2007 that aims to reduce the Council's carbon emissions by 10 per cent (ie 6,000 tonnes) from 2007-2012.