premise: Birmingham is in West Midlands, England.
hypothesis: Birmingham ( [ ˈbɜːmɪŋəm ] ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands , England . The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2014 estimated population of 2,808,356 , making it the second most populous county in England . The West Midlands Regional Assembly ( WMRA ) was the regional chamber for the West Midlands region of England , established in 1999 .