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The Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, in west-central England. For Eurostat purposes Dudley and Sandwell is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG34) and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region. It has a population of around 289,100, and an area of 33 square miles (85 km²). The borough is named after Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of both the Black Country, and the West Midlands conurbation, encompassing the urban towns of Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Tividale, Wednesbury, and West Bromwich. West Bromwich is the most populous town in Sandwell, but Sandwell Council House (the headquarters of Sandwell's local government) is located at Oldbury.