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Also known as ENG, England, United Kingdom, England, UK

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. England shares a land border with Scotland to the north and another land border with Wales to the west, and is surrounded by the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, and the Irish Sea to the west. Continental Europe lies to the south-east, and Ireland to the west. At the 2021 census, the population was 56,490,048. London is both the largest city and the capital.

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England is a country that forms part of the United Kingdom, located on the island of Great Britain where it covers approximately 62% of the land area, with a population of over 56 million people as of 2021. It is bordered by Scotland to the north and Wales to the west, surrounded by several seas, and has London as its capital and largest city.

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UK country.image_flag
Flag of England.svg
UK country.national_anthem
None officially;Predominantly "God Save the King"
UK country.status
Country
UK country.capital
London
UK country.largest_city
London
UK country.languages_type
National language
UK country.languages
English, BSL
UK country.languages2_type
Regional languages
UK country.languages2
Cornish
UK country.ethnic_groups_year
2021
UK country.religion_year
2021
UK country.demonym
English
UK country.legal_jurisdiction
England and Wales
UK country.government_type
Direct rule by the UK Government within a parliamentary constitutional monarchy
UK country.monarch
Charles III
UK country.number_of_mps
543
UK country.sovereignty_type
Establishment
UK country.established_event1
Unification of Angles, Saxons and Danes

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Wikidata facts

Official name
England
Demonym
Inglesi
Population
57106398
Area
130278
Official website
www.visitengland.com
Image
London Skyline.jpg
Households
23044097
Calling code
+44
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England
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native label
England
nickname
Blighty
mean age
39.3
name in native language
England
hashtag
england
inception
0886-00-00
P12749
fruit
Commonwealth Sport country code
ENG
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  • Prehistory
  • Ancient history
  • Middle Ages
  • Early modern period
  • Union with Scotland
  • Late modern and contemporary periods
  • Governance
  • Politics
  • Law
  • Subdivisions
  • London
  • Geography
  • Landscape and rivers
  • Climate
  • Nature and wildlife
  • Major conurbations
  • Economy
  • Science and technology
  • Transport
  • Energy
  • Healthcare
  • Demography
  • Population
  • Language
  • Religion
  • Education
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  • Culture
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  • Gardens
  • Folklore
  • Cuisine
  • Visual arts
  • Literature, poetry, and philosophy
  • Performing arts
  • Cinema
  • Sites and institutions
  • Media
  • Sport
  • National symbols
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. England shares a land border with Scotland to the north and another land border with Wales to the west, and is surrounded by the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, and the Irish Sea to the west. Continental Europe lies to the south-east, and Ireland to the west. At the 2021 census, the population was 56,490,048. London is both the largest city and the capital.

The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic. It takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had extensive cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The Kingdom of England, which included Wales after 1535, ceased to be a separate sovereign state on 1 May 1707, when the Acts of Union brought into effect a political union with the Kingdom of Scotland that created the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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