England

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 constituent country of the United Kingdom and a nation located in Europe. Its capital is London, and it shares borders with Scotland and Wales. The official language is English, and the patron saint is Saint George. The anthem includes "God Save the King," "Jerusalem," and "Land of Hope and Glory." It is situated in the Greenwich Mean Time and Western European Time zones.

The country has at various times been part of the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Great Britain. Its flag is the flag of England, and its coat of arms is the Royal Arms of England. The demonym for its people is English. England is referenced by 154,654 other encyclopedia articles and has a PubMed count of 9,172,386.

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Key facts

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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Research

9,172,386 papers

Information gaps in England's independent healthcare sector.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2024Anderson M, Gutacker N, Wimmer S et al.DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2024-079261
The state of care in England's maternity services.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023Dixon-Woods M, Barry Z, McGowan J et al.DOI: 10.1136/bmj.p2700
Effectiveness of England's initial vaccine roll out.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2021Lisewski AMDOI: 10.1136/bmj.n1201
England's childhood obesity action plan II.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2018Knai C, Lobstein T, Petticrew M et al.DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k3098
England's new health and care bill.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2021Alderwick H, Gardner T, Mays NDOI: 10.1136/bmj.n1767
England's health policy response to covid-19.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2020Alderwick H, Dunn P, Dixon JDOI: 10.1136/bmj.m1937
How England's emergency departments are being penalised.ReviewBMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2014Macnabb J, Rowan L, Heneghan C et al.DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g1604
England's NIHP: self-sabotage ahead of bumpy months?The Lancet. Microbe · 2020The Lancet MicrobeDOI: 10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30128-2

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Encyclopedic overview

46 sections

Contents

History
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
Higher education
Culture
Architecture
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

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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