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Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester. It is situated in North West England. The metropolitan county consists of ten metropolitan boroughs, including the City of Manchester and the City of Salford.

Greater Manchester's county council was abolished in 1986, and so its districts are now effectively unitary authorities. The county however, still exists legally, and is also a ceremonial county.

Prior to its creation, the name Selnec had been used for the area, from the initials 'South East Lancashire North East Cheshire'.

Greater Manchester borders with the ceremonial counties of Cheshire (including Warrington), Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, Lancashire (including Blackburn with Darwen) and Merseyside.

As well as Manchester, the county includes major centres such as Bolton, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Stockport and Wigan. Greater Manchester is not entirely built-up. Although Manchester forms a conurbation along with Salford, Trafford, Oldham and Stockport, other towns, such as Bury, Rochdale and Wigan are clearly separate.

Greater Manchester is divided into ten districts, known as metropolitan boroughs, these are: Bolton, Bury, the City of Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, the City of Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan.