| Medina | |
| Motto: Floreat Medina (May Medina flourish) | |
| Geography | |
| Status | non-metropolitan district, borough |
| 1974 area | 28,949 acres (117.15 km2)[1] |
| HQ | Newport |
| History | |
| Created | 1974 |
| Abolished | 1995 |
| Succeeded by | Isle of Wight |
| Demography | |
|---|---|
| 1973[2] population | 64,790 |
| 1992[3] population | 72,000 |
Medina was a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough on the Isle of Wight in England from 1974 to 1995.
The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the municipal boroughs of Newport and Ryde along with the urban district of Cowes. It was one of two districts on the Island formed in 1974 - the other was South Wight.
"Medina" was an older name for Newport which has been preserved in the River Medina.
Following a review by the Local Government Commission for England, the borough was abolished on 1 April 1995, when a single Isle of Wight Council replaced the Island's county council and two district councils.[4]