| Medina | |
| Hq: | Newport |
| Status: | non-metropolitan district, borough |
| Start: | 1974 |
| End: | 1995 |
| Replace: | Isle of Wight Council |
| Map: | Isle of Wight Medina district map 1974.svg |
| Motto: | Floreat Medina (May Medina flourish) |
| Populationfirst: | 64,790 |
| Populationfirstyear: | 1973[1] |
| Areafirst: | 28949acres[2] |
| Areafirstyear: | 1974 |
| Populationlast: | 72,000 |
| Populationlastyear: | 1992[3] |
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 Isle of Wight County Council and the island's two district councils.[4]