England

political part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Northern Ireland. England's population is 84% ​​of the total UK population

Kingdom.

In the north it borders with Scotland, in the west

- with Wales. The landscape of England consists mainly of sloping hills, to the north the area becomes more mountainous. The highlands and plains are conventionally divided along a line between the mouth of the Tees (Teesside) river in the northeast and the Aix (Devon) estuary in the southwest. In the east is a low-lying marshland, which was mainly drained for agricultural use.

population): London, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool and Manchester.
London is the

capital and largest city of England and of the United Kingdom.Standing on the River Thames in the south-east of England, at the head of its 50-mile estuary leading to the North Sea, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. Londinium was founded by the Romans. The City of London, London's ancient core − an area of just 1.12 square miles and colloquially known as the Square Mile − retains boundaries that closely follow its medieval limits. The City of Westminster is also an Inner London borough holding city status. Greater London is governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.

formations arose from the older ones that existed before the

unification of England: kingdoms (like Sussex and Essex), duchies (like Yorkshire, Cornwall and Lancashire) or simply land plots that were awarded to nobles - such as Berkshire. Until 1867, they were divided into smaller entities, called hundreds. Self-government within the county after political unification was practically absent, so the boundaries of the counties were not precisely defined and had practically no role. After the industrial revolution, as a result of the emergence of large industrial centers, metropolitan counties were formed, the centers of which were the largest cities. Currently, England consists of 9 regions and 48 ceremonial counties.