Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: "God and my right")
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England's location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west
| Languages
| English
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| Capital
| London
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| Largest city
| London
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Area – Total
| Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km²
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Population
| –mid-2004
–2001 Census
– Density
Ranked 1st UK
| 50.1 million [Office for National Statistics - UK population approaches 60 million]
49,138,831 [Office for National Statistics - 2001 census Population profile - England.]
377/km²
| Unification
| 927 by Athelstan
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| State Religion
| Church of England
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| Currency
| Pound sterling (£) (GBP)
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| Time zone
| UTC / (GMT) Summer: UTC +1 (BST)
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| National anthems
| None official although "God Save the Queen" the UK anthem usually used see below
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| National flower
| the Tudor rose (red, white)
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| Patron saint
| St George
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- For an explanation of terms such as English, Great Britain, British, United Kingdom and England, see British Isles (terminology)
England is the largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom. It accounts for more than 83% of the total UK population, 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, Irish Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and English Channel.
England is named after the Angles (Old English genitive case, "Engla" - hence, Old English "Engla Land"), one of a number of Germanic tribes believed to have originated in Angeln in northern Germany, who settled in England in the 5th and 6th centuries. This is also the origin of its Latin name, Anglia. It has not had a distinct political identity since 1707, when the Kingdom of Great Britain was established as a unified political entity; however, it has a legal identity separate from those of Scotland and Northern Ireland, as part of the entity England and Wales. England's largest city, London, is also the capital of the United Kingdom.
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