| England | ||||||
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Map of England
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Location of England (orange) – on the European continent (camel & white) – in the United Kingdom (camel) |
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| Motto: Dieu et mon droit (French) "God and my right" |
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| Anthem: None (de jure) God Save the Queen (de facto) |
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| Patron Saint(s): Saint George | ||||||
| Capital (and largest city) |
London | |||||
| Official language(s) | English (de facto) | |||||
| Recognised regional languages | Cornish | |||||
| Ethnic groups (2009) | 87.5% White, 6.0% South Asian, 2.9% Black, 1.9% Mixed, 0.8% Chinese, 0.8% Other | |||||
| Demonym | English | |||||
| Government | Non-devolved constituent country within a constitutional monarchy | |||||
| - | Queen | Charles III | ||||
| - | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | David Cameron | ||||
| Legislature | Parliament of the United Kingdom | |||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 130,395 km2 50,346 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||||
| - | 2011 census | 53,013,000 | ||||
| - | Density | 407/km2 1,054.1/sq mi |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (£) (GBP) |
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| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) | ||||
| Date formats | dd/mm/yyyy (AD) | |||||
| Drives on the | left | |||||
| Internet TLD | .uk | |||||
| Calling code | +44 | |||||
| a. ^ Assigned on a United Kingdom basis, not constituent country | ||||||
England is the largest and most densely populated of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom (UK). The country occupies most of the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. Elsewhere, it is bordered by the North Sea to the east, the Irish Sea to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental Europe. England has not had a separate political identity since 1707, when the United Kingdom was established as a political entity. The capital city of England, London, is also the capital city of the UK.
England is named after the Angles ("Angleland"), one of a number of Germanic peoples who settled there in the 5th and 6th centuries AD. England became a unified state in 927 AD, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law—the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world—developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations.
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