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LARGEST BRITISH COUNTRY

England is the largest and southernmost country in the United Kingdom on the isle of Britain with nine regions. Beyond the capital region of Greater London, the remaining eight regions are divided into 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan administrative counties. London, the UK’s capital city, lies in the southeast of the country.
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Regions and Counties of England

Capital Region
20 outer boroughs + 12 inner boroughs + the City of London:
+ 12 Inner Boroughs:
City of Westminster + Kensington and Chelsea + Hammersmith and Fulham + Camden + Islington + Hackney + Tower Hamlets + Greenwich + Lewisham + Southwark + Lambeth + Wandsworth
Southern England
Cornwall + Devon + Dorset + Somerset (Bath) + Bristol + Gloucestershire (the Cotswolds) + Wiltshire (Stonehenge & Avebury)
Hampshire + Isle of Wight + Oxfordshire (Oxford University) + Berkshire + Buckinghamshire + Surrey + Kent (Dover) + West Sussex + East Sussex (Brighton)
Bedfordshire + Hertfordshire + Essex + (East Anglia): Cambridgeshire (Cambridge University) + Norfolk (Norwich) + Suffolk
Midlands
Herefordshire + Shropshire + Staffordshire + Worcestershire + West Midlands (Birmingham) + Warwickshire (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Leicestershire + Derbyshire + Nottinghamshire + Lincolnshire + Rutland + Northamptonshire
Northern England
Cheshire + Cumbria (Lake District & Hadrian’s Wall) + Merseyside (Liverpool) + Greater Manchester + Lancashire
West Yorkshire (Leeds) + South Yorkshire (Sheffield) + East Riding of Yorkshire (Hull) + North Yorkshire (York)
County Durham + Tyne and Wear (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) + Northumberland
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Basics of England
Know Before You Go
English
official language
Pound £
currency
48
ceremonial counties
London
capital of England
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