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Barking and Dagenham
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is a London borough in East London, England. It lies about 9 miles (14.4 km) east of Central London. The borough was formed in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963 as the London Borough of Barking. The constituent areas were nearly all of the Municipal Borough of Barking plus the greater part of the Municipal Borough of Dagenham, the former area of which was transferred to Greater London from Essex. It is an Outer London borough and the south is within the London Riverside part of the Thames Gateway, which is an region designated as a national priority for urban regeneration. It covers a total area of 13.93 square miles.
In accordance with the 2011 census, the area has a population of around 198294, the majority of which reside within the Becontree estate. Significant settlement of the region, mainly escaping slum conditions within the East End of London, occurred during the time when the new motor and chemical industries, including the Ford Motor Company plant at Dagenham were established. Since the decline of these industries during the 1980s, employment has shifted much more towards service sector jobs.
Much of the borough is within the London Riverside area of the Thames Gateway zone and it is the site of considerable house developing and also other improvement. Barking and Dagenham was 1 of six London boroughs to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.