North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of 9,020 square kilometres (3,480 sq mi). Around 40% of the county is covered by national parks, including most of the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors. It is one of four counties in England to hold the name Yorkshire; the three other counties are the East Riding of Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. North Yorkshire may also refer to a non-metropolitan county, which covers most of the ceremonial county's area (8,037 square kilometres (3,103 sq mi)) and population (a mid-2016 estimate by the ONS of 602,300), and is administered by North Yorkshire County Council. The non-metropolitan county does not include four areas of the ceremonial county: the City of York, Middlesborough, Redcar and Cleveland and the southern part of the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, which are all administered by unitary authorities. The non-metropolitan county and the City of York are within the Yorkshire and the Humber region. Middlesborough, Redcar and Cleveland and the southern part of the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, all in the north-east of the county, are within the North East England region. Middlesbrough (at 174,700) is the county's most populous settlement while York (Yorkshire's historic county town) is second with 152,841, although both are outside the non-metropolitan county. The most populous place in the non-metropolitan county, and third overall in the ceremonial county, is Harrogate at 75,070: this is followed by Scarborough with 61,749. Some other settlements in the county are Ripon (city), Northallerton (county town), Knaresborough, Selby and Skipton, and outside the non-metropolitan county, Redcar (in Redcar and Cleveland) and the towns of Thornaby-on-Tees, Ingleby Barwick and Yarm (in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees).