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North Yorkshire is a county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. It is divided into the districts of Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough and Selby. York used to be part of it, but is now part of the independent county of York.
North Yorkshire borders the East Riding of Yorkshire, York, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumbria, Durham, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, and Redcar and Cleveland. The county covers most of the lands of the North Riding, as well as the northern half of the West Riding and the northen and eastern fringes of the traditional East Riding.
Contained within its boundaries are the North York Moors and most of the Yorkshire Dales, two of eleven areas of countryside within England and Wales to be officially designated as a National park.
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