United Kingdom

ABOUT United Kingdom

Country Briefs: Known for its enchanting natural beauty (peaceful lakes, wild moors and mountains, stark beaches), vibrant cities, busy towns, quaint villages, castles, cathedrals, mansions, abbeys, and nightlife and countless other lure, United Kingdom is a distinguished country that is perhaps unknown to none. Spreading over an area of 244,820 square kilometers from Stonehenge and Tower Bridge to Eton and Oxford, UK is brimming with exclusive icons of the past era.

United Kingdom is one of the two sovereign states occupying the British Isles in the northwestern Europe and the Republic of Ireland. Most of the UK is nestled on the island of Great Britain and it shares its borders with the Republic of Ireland, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

The approximate population of UK is 59,834,300 out of which around 860,000 people reside in its largest and capital city, London. At present London is the most populous city in the European Union. London is also one of the hottest vacation destinations in the entire world. Though London is a timeless tourist center, few of its attractions close or reduce their opening hours in winter.

Besides its wonderful cities, towns and other pulls, one of the most outstanding aspects of United Kingdom is its history. According to historians the foremost settlers in the region were small bands of hunters. Around 4000 BC the Stone Age immigrants arrived here and farmed the chalk hills of Salisbury Plain, constructing the mystifying stone circles at Stonehenge and Averbury. Around 800 BC the Bronze Age Celts arrived in this region.

In AD 43 Romans invaded England and occupied most of its region. During the Roman period Christianity fused in the region and England witnessed great development in every sphere. But Romans faced constant attacks from the Brits, as a consequence of which the Roman Empire lost power and declined around AD 410.

Over the years the Celts were replaced by various tribes such as Angles, Jutes and Saxons. These tribes developed their local fiefdoms and were classified as English collectively. By the 7th century these fiefdoms transformed in to a series of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Around 9th century the Vikings attempted to invade the eastern part of England. However the English managed to tackle the Vikings? military.

In 1066 the William of Normandy came to prominence as he endeavored to invade the south coast. William emerged victorious at the Battle of Hastings and so replaced the English aristocrats with the French-speaking Normans. In 16th century Henry made himself the head of the Church of England.

In mid-17th century the power struggle between monarchy and parliament led to the Civil War between the royalists and Protestant parliamentarians. The Protestants emerged victorious but due to the atrocities of Cromwell, monarchy was abolished in the region in 1660.

Soon England adopted the policy of expansionism as a result of which it made almost half of the entire world its colony. But the English received a setback in 1781 when the American colonies won their war of independence.

By 1837 the Kingdom of Britain had become the world?s greatest power. However the first half of the 20th century saw UK?s strength gravely wrecked by the effects of first and second world war. During the second half the Empire was dismantled and the UK did rebuild itself into a modern and prosperous nation.

 

At present United Kingdom is a member of European Union, a highly developed economy, and the fourth largest in the world. It is also a partner of both UN and NATO.

United Kingdom Divisions
Name HASC ISO NUTS Pop-2001 Pop-1991 Area(km.²) Capital Old County
Aberdeen GB.AR ABE UKM10 212,125 204,885 186 Aberdeen Grampian
Aberdeenshire GB.AS ABD UKM10 226,871 215,387 6,318 Aberdeen Grampian
Anglesey GB.AY AGY UKL11 66,829 69,149 719 Llangefni Anglesey
Angus GB.AG ANS UKM21 108,400 107,853 2,181 Forfar Tayside
Antrim GB.AN ANT UKN03 48,366 44,516 405 Antrim Antrim
Ards GB.AD ARD UKN03 73,244 64,764 368 Newtownards Down
Argyll and Bute GB.AB AGB UKM43 91,306 92,046 6,930 Lochgilphead Strathclyde
Armagh GB.AM ARM UKN05 54,263 51,817 667 Armagh Armagh
Ballymena GB.BL BLA UKN03 58,610 56,641 634 Ballymena Antrim
Ballymoney GB.BY BLY UKN04 26,894 24,198 417 Ballymoney Antrim
Banbridge GB.BB BNB UKN03 41,392 35,779 441 Banbridge Down
Barking and Dagenham GB.BA BDG UKI21 163,944 153,119 34   Greater London
Barnet GB.BQ BNE UKI23 314,564 293,951 90   Greater London
Barnsley GB.BX BNS UKE31 218,063 221,621 328 Barnsley South Yorkshire
Bath and North East Somerset GB.BN BAS UKK12 169,040 158,692 351 Bristol Somerset
Bedfordshire GB.BD BDF UKH22 381,572 352,434 1,193 Bedford Bedfordshire
Belfast GB.BF BFS UKN01 277,391 279,237 130 Belfast Antrim, Down
Bexley GB.XB BEX UKI21 218,307 215,615 61   Greater London
Birmingham GB.BI BIR UKG31 977,087 970,442 265 Birmingham West Midlands
Blackburn with Darwen GB.BW BBD UKD41 137,470 136,612 137 Blackburn Lancashire
Blackpool GB.BP BPL UKD42 142,283 146,069 35 Blackpool Lancashire
Blaenau Gwent GB.BG BGW UKL16 70,064 72,250 109 Ebbw Vale Monmouth
Bolton GB.BT BOL UKD32 261,037 258,584 140 Bolton Greater Manchester
Bournemouth GB.BM BMH UKK21 163,444 151,302 46 Bournemouth Dorset
Bracknell Forest GB.BC BRC UKJ11 109,617 95,949 109 Bracknell Berkshire
Bradford GB.BV BRD UKE41 467,665 456,929 366 Bradford West Yorkshire
Brent GB.BE BEN UKI23 263,464 236,572 44   Greater London
Bridgend GB.BJ BGE UKL17 128,645 128,242 246 Bridgend Glamorgan
Brighton and Hove GB.BH BNH UKJ21 247,817 228,946 82 Hove East Sussex
Bristol GB.BS BST UKK11 380,615 376,146 110 Bristol Gloucestershire
Bromley GB.BZ BRY UKI22 295,532 290,869 152   Greater London
Buckinghamshire GB.BU BKM UKJ13 479,026 454,691 1,569 Aylesbury Buckinghamshire
Bury GB.BR BUR UKD32 180,608 177,288 99 Bury Greater Manchester
Caerphilly GB.CP CAY UKL16 169,519 169,577 279 Tredomen, Ystrad Fawr Monmouth, Glamorgan
Calderdale GB.CX CLD UKE43 192,405 191,585 363 Halifax West Yorkshire
Cambridgeshire GB.CM CAM UKH12 552,658 492,428 3,067 Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Camden GB.CN CMD UKI11 198,020 170,444 22   Greater London
Cardiff GB.CA CRF UKL22 305,353 285,291 139 Cardiff Glamorgan
Carmarthenshire GB.CI CMN UKL14 172,842 168,364 2,398 Carmarthen Carmarthen
Carrickfergus GB.CF CKF UKN02 37,659 32,750 85 Carrickfergus Antrim
Castlereagh GB.CS CSR UKN02 66,488 60,799 84 Castlereagh Down
Ceredigion GB.CG CGN UKL14 74,941 63,094 1,797 Aberaeron, Aberystwyth Cardigan
Cheshire GB.CH CHS UKD22 673,788 650,215 2,081 Chester Cheshire
Clackmannanshire GB.CC CLK UKM22 48,077 47,679 157 Alloa Central
Coleraine GB.CL CLR UKN04 56,315 50,438 478 Coleraine Londonderry
Conwy GB.CW CWY UKL13 109,596 106,321 1,130 Conwy Caernarvon, Denbigh
Cookstown GB.CK CKT UKN05 32,581 31,082 512 Cookstown Tyrone
Cornwall GB.CO CON UKK30 499,114 468,425 3,559 Truro Cornwall
Coventry GB.CT COV UKG33 300,848 293,917 97 Coventry West Midlands
Craigavon GB.CR CGV UKN03 80,671 74,986 280 Craigavon Armagh
Croydon GB.CY CRY UKI22 330,587 313,679 87   Greater London
Cumbria GB.CU CMA UKD1 487,607 483,163 6,824 Carlisle Cumbria
Darlington GB.DA DAL UKC13 97,838 98,906 197 Darlington Durham
Denbighshire GB.DI DEN UKL13 93,065 90,548 844 Ruthin Denbigh, Flint
Derby GB.DE DER UKF11 221,708 218,802 78 Derby Derbyshire
Derbyshire GB.DB DBY UKF1 734,585 709,834 2,550 Matlock Derbyshire
Derry GB.LD DRY UKN04 105,066 95,371 373 Londonderry Londonderry
Devon GB.DO DEV UKK43 704,493 646,903 6,561 Exeter Devon
Doncaster GB.DC DNC UKE31 286,866 288,854 581 Doncaster South Yorkshire
Dorset GB.DS DOR UKK22 390,980 361,215 2,541 Dorchester Dorset
Down GB.DW DOW UKN03 63,828 58,008 638 Downpatrick Down
Dudley GB.DY DUD UKG34 305,155 305,070 98 Dudley West Midlands
Dumfries and Galloway GB.DG DGY UKM32 147,765 147,805 6,439 Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee GB.DU DND UKM21 145,663 149,911 65 Dundee Tayside
Dungannon GB.DN DGN UKN05 47,735 45,428 763 Dungannon Tyrone
Durham GB.DH DUR UKC14 493,470 493,459 2,233 Durham Durham
Ealing GB.EG EAL UKI23 300,948 279,532 56   Greater London
East Ayrshire GB.EA EAY UKM33 120,235 122,455 1,252 Kilmarnock Strathclyde
East Dunbartonshire GB.ED EDU UKM31 108,243 109,405 172 Kirkintilloch Strathclyde
East Lothian GB.EL ELN UKM23 90,088 84,114 678 Haddington Lothian
East Renfrewshire GB.ER ERW UKM35 89,311 85,353 173 Giffnock Strathclyde
East Riding of Yorkshire GB.EY ERY UKE12 314,113 291,974 2,415 Beverley East Riding of Yorkshire
East Sussex GB.ES ESX UKJ22 492,324 461,501 1,713 Lewes East Sussex
Edinburgh GB.EB EDH UKM25 448,624 418,747 262 Edinburgh Lothian
Eilean Siar GB.WI ELS UKM44 26,502 29,600 3,134 Stornoway Western Isles
Enfield GB.EF ENF UKI21 273,559 257,417 81   Greater London
Essex GB.EX ESS UKH33 1,310,835 1,240,818 3,469 Chelmsford Essex
Falkirk GB.FK FAL UKM26 145,191 141,146 299 Falkirk Central
Fermanagh GB.FE FER UKN05 57,527 54,033 1,700 Enniskillen Fermanagh
Fife GB.FI FIF UKM22 349,429 341,199 1,323 Glenrothes Fife
Flintshire GB.FL FLN UKL23 148,594 141,344 437 Mold Flint
Gateshead GB.GH GAT UKC22 191,151 199,588 143 Gateshead Tyne and Wear
Glasgow GB.GG GLG UKM34 577,869 606,655 175 Glasgow Strathclyde
Gloucestershire GB.GC GLS UKK13 564,559 528,370 2,654 Gloucester Gloucestershire
Greenwich GB.GR GRE UKI21 214,403 206,554 47   Greater London
Guernsey GB.GU GSY   59,807 61,739 78 Saint Peter Port Guernsey
Gwynedd GB.GD GWN UKL12 116,843 113,331 2,548 Caernarfon Caernarvon, Denbigh, Merioneth
Hackney GB.HK HCK UKI12 202,824 181,653 20   Greater London
Halton GB.HL HAL UKD21 118,208 123,716 74 Widnes Cheshire
Hammersmith and Fulham GB.HF HMF UKI11 165,242 148,273 16   Greater London
Hampshire GB.HA HAM UKJ33 1,240,103 1,168,004 3,688 Winchester Hampshire
Haringey GB.HY HRY UKI12 216,507 201,799 30   Greater London
Harrow GB.HR HRW UKI23 206,814 200,905 51   Greater London
Hartlepool GB.HP HPL UKC11 88,611 90,409 94 Hartlepool Durham
Havering GB.HV HAV UKI21 224,248 229,492 118   Greater London
Herefordshire GB.HE HEF UKG11 174,871 159,850 1,858 Hereford Herefordshire
Hertfordshire GB.HT HRT UKH23 1,033,977 977,510 1,638 Hertford Hertfordshire
Highland GB.HI HLD UKM4 208,914 204,004 25,784 Inverness Highland
Hillingdon GB.HD HIL UKI23 243,006 231,602 110   Greater London
Hounslow GB.HU HNS UKI23 212,341 201,428 59   Greater London
Inverclyde GB.IC IVC UKM35 84,203 90,103 162 Greenock Strathclyde
Isle of Man GB.IM IOM   76,315 69,788 572 Douglas Isle of Man
Isle of Wight GB.IW IOW UKJ34 132,731 124,577 380 Newport Isle of Wight
Isles of Scilly GB.IS IOS UKK30 2,152   15 Hugh Town Cornwall
Islington GB.IT ISL UKI12 175,797 163,684 15   Greater London
Jersey GB.JE JSY   87,186 84,082 116 Saint Helier Jersey
Kensington and Chelsea GB.KC KEC UKI11 158,919 138,623 12   Greater London
Kent GB.KE KEN UKJ42 1,329,718 1,268,645 3,543 Maidstone Kent
Kingston upon Hull GB.KH KHL UKE11 243,589 254,117 71 Kingston-upon-Hull East Riding of Yorkshire
Kingston upon Thames GB.KT KTT UKI22 147,273 133,503 38   Greater London
Kirklees GB.KK KIR UKE43 388,567 372,730 410 Huddersfield West Yorkshire
Knowsley GB.KN KWL UKD51 150,459 151,941 97 Huyton Merseyside
Lambeth GB.LT LBH UKI12 266,169 243,371 27   Greater London
Lancashire GB.LA LAN UKD43 1,134,976 1,101,317 2,897 Preston Lancashire
Larne GB.LR LRN UKN03 30,832 29,419 337 Larne Antrim
Leeds GB.LS LDS UKE42 715,402 681,319 562 Leeds West Yorkshire
Leicester GB.LC LCE UKF21 279,921 270,493 73 Leicester Leicestershire
Leicestershire GB.LE LEC UKF22 609,578 565,539 2,083 Leicester Leicestershire
Lewisham GB.LW LEW UKI12 248,922 232,154 35   Greater London
Limavady GB.LM LMV UKN04 32,422 29,567 585 Limavady Londonderry
Lincolnshire GB.LI LIN UKF30 646,645 584,536 5,921 Lincoln Lincolnshire
Lisburn GB.LB LSB UKN02 108,694 99,458 436 Lisburn Antrim, Down
Liverpool GB.LV LIV UKD52 439,473 452,450 113 Liverpool Merseyside
London GB.LN LND UKI11 7,185 5,614 3   Greater London
Luton GB.LU LUT UKH21 184,371 171,671 43 Luton Bedfordshire
Magherafelt GB.MF MFT UKN05 39,780 36,293 562 Magherafelt Londonderry
Manchester GB.MN MAN UKD31 392,819 400,491 116 Manchester Greater Manchester
Medway GB.MW MDW UKJ41 249,488 240,228 192 Strood Kent
Merthyr Tydfil GB.MT MTY UKL15 55,981 59,317 111 Merthyr Tydfil Brecknock, Glamorgan
Merton GB.ME MRT UKI22 187,908 168,470 38   Greater London
Middlesbrough GB.MB MDB UKC12 134,855 140,849 54 Middlesbrough North Yorkshire
Midlothian GB.ML MLN UKM23 80,941 79,012 356 Dalkeith Lothian
Milton Keynes GB.MK MIK UKJ12 207,057 176,330 309 Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire
Monmouthshire GB.MM MON UKL21 84,885 79,940 851 Cwmbran Monmouth
Moray GB.MO MRY UKM 86,940 83,616 2,238 Elgin Grampian
Moyle GB.MY MYL UKN04 15,933 14,789 494 Ballycastle Antrim
Neath Port Talbot GB.NP NTL UKL17 134,468 138,238 441 Port Talbot Glamorgan
Newcastle upon Tyne GB.NU NET UKC22 259,536 259,541 112 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Tyne and Wear
Newham GB.NH NWM UKI12 243,891 211,307 36   Greater London
Newport GB.NO NWP UKL21 137,011 133,318 191 Newport Monmouth
Newry and Mourne GB.NM NYM UKN05 87,058 80,646 886 Newry Armagh, Down
Newtownabbey GB.NW NTA UKN02 79,995 74,035 151 Newtownabbey Antrim
Norfolk GB.NF NFK UKH13 796,728 745,613 5,372 Norwich Norfolk
Northamptonshire GB.NA NTH UKF23 629,676 578,807 2,367 Northampton Northamptonshire
North Ayrshire GB.NR NAY UKM33 135,817 136,875 884 Irvine Strathclyde
North Down GB.ND NDN UKN02 76,323 71,832 72 Bangor Down
North East Lincolnshire GB.NE NEL UKE13 157,979 159,662 192 Grimsby Lincolnshire
North Lanarkshire GB.NN NLK UKM36 321,067 323,821 474 Motherwell Strathclyde
North Lincolnshire GB.NL NLN UKE13 152,849 152,287 833 Scunthorpe Lincolnshire
North Somerset GB.NS NSM UKK12 188,564 177,472 375 Weston-super-Mare Somerset
North Tyneside GB.NI NTY UKC22 191,659 192,286 84 Wallsend Tyne and Wear
Northumberland GB.NB NBL UKC21 307,188 304,694 5,026 Morpeth Northumberland
North Yorkshire GB.NY NYK UKE22 569,660 535,857 8,038 Northallerton North Yorkshire
Nottingham GB.NG NGM UKF14 266,988 263,522 75 Nottingham Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire GB.NT NTT UKF1 748,510 730,350 2,085 Nottingham Nottinghamshire
Oldham GB.OL OLD UKD32 217,273 216,531 141 Oldham Greater Manchester
Omagh GB.OM OMH UKN05 47,952 45,809 1,124 Omagh Tyrone
Orkney Islands GB.OR ORK UKM45 19,245 19,612 992 Kirkwall Orkney
Oxfordshire GB.OX OXF UKJ14 605,488 547,584 2,603 Oxford Oxfordshire
Pembrokeshire GB.PE PEM UKL14 114,131 112,085 1,590 Haverfordwest Pembroke
Perthshire and Kinross GB.PK PKN UKM27 134,949 126,226 5,311 Perth Tayside
Peterborough GB.PB PTE UKH11 156,061 152,697 333 Peterborough Cambridgeshire
Plymouth GB.PM PLY UKK41 240,720 243,373 80 Plymouth Devon
Poole GB.PL POL UKK21 138,288 133,050 65 Poole Dorset
Portsmouth GB.PS POR UKJ31 186,701 174,697 40 Portsmouth Hampshire
Powys GB.PO POW UKL24 126,354 119,019 5,204 Llandrindod Wells Brecknock, Denbigh, Montgomery, Radnor
Reading GB.RG RDG UKJ11 143,096 128,877 40 Reading Berkshire
Redbridge GB.RB RDB UKI21 238,635 218,874 57   Greater London
Redcar and Cleveland GB.RC RCC UKC12 139,132 145,123 245 South Bank North Yorkshire
Renfrewshire GB.RF RFW UKM35 172,867 173,208 261 Paisley Strathclyde
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff GB.RT RCT UKL15 231,946 232,592 424 Tonypandy Brecknock, Glamorgan
Richmond upon Thames GB.RU RIC UKI23 172,335 162,661 55   Greater London
Rochdale GB.RD RCH UKD32 205,357 202,164 160 Rochdale Greater Manchester
Rotherham GB.RH ROT UKE31 248,175 252,168 283 Rotherham South Yorkshire
Rutland GB.RL RUT UKF22 34,563 31,489 394 Oakham Rutland
Saint Helens GB.SZ SHN UKD51 176,843 179,218 133 Saint Helens Merseyside
Salford GB.ZF SLF UKD31 216,103 222,529 97 Manchester Greater Manchester
Sandwell GB.ZW SAW UKG34 282,904 290,091 86 Oldbury West Midlands
Scottish Borders GB.BO SCB UKM24 106,764 103,881 4,734 Newtown Saint Boswells Borders
Sefton GB.SE SFT UKD53 282,958 289,542 153 Bootle, Southport Merseyside
Sheffield GB.SV SHF UKE32 513,234 500,671 367 Sheffield South Yorkshire
Shetland Islands GB.SH ZET UKM46 21,988 22,522 1,438 Lerwick Shetland
Shropshire GB.SP SHR UKG22 283,173 266,871 3,197 Shrewsbury Shropshire
Slough GB.ZL SLG UKJ11 119,067 104,231 27 Slough Berkshire
Solihull GB.SI SOL UKG32 199,517 200,329 179 Solihull West Midlands
Somerset GB.SM SOM UKK23 498,093 460,368 3,451 Taunton Somerset
Southampton GB.ZH STH UKJ32 217,445 196,864 50 Southampton Hampshire
South Ayrshire GB.SA SAY UKM37 112,097 112,658 1,202 Ayr Strathclyde
Southend-on-Sea GB.SS SOS UKH31 160,257 158,517 42 Southend-on-Sea Essex
South Gloucestershire GB.SJ SGC UKK12 245,641 220,364 497 Thornbury Gloucestershire
South Lanarkshire GB.SL SLK UKM38 302,216 300,143 1,771 Hamilton Strathclyde
South Tyneside GB.SX STY UKC22 152,785 154,697 64 South Shields Tyne and Wear
Southwark GB.SQ SWK UKI12 244,866 219,602 29   Greater London
Staffordshire GB.ST STS UKG24 806,744 784,647 2,623 Stafford Staffordshire
Stirling GB.ZG STG UKM27 86,212 78,833 2,196 Stirling Central
Stockport GB.SK SKP UKD31 284,528 286,531 126 Stockport Greater Manchester
Stockton-on-Tees GB.ZT STT UKC11 178,408 173,912 204 Stockton-on-Tees Durham
Stoke-on-Trent GB.SO STE UKG23 240,636 244,637 93 Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire
Strabane GB.SB STB UKN04 38,248 36,141 861 Strabane Tyrone
Suffolk GB.SF SFK UKH14 668,553 636,266 3,801 Ipswich Suffolk
Sunderland GB.SD SND UKC23 280,807 290,105 138 Sunderland Tyne and Wear
Surrey GB.SR SRY UKJ23 1,059,015 1,014,349 1,670 Kingston upon Thames Surrey
Sutton GB.SU STN UKI22 179,768 168,880 43   Greater London
Swansea GB.SW SWA UKL18 223,301 223190 378 Swansea Glamorgan
Swindon GB.SN SWD UKK14 180,051 170,850 230 Swindon Wiltshire
Tameside GB.TM TAM UKD31 213,043 216,431 103 Ashton-under-Lyne Greater Manchester
Telford and Wrekin GB.TK TFW UKG21 158,325 139,516 290 Telford Shropshire
Thurrock GB.TR THR UKH32 143,128 127,819 164 Grays Essex
Torbay GB.TB TOB UKK42 129,706 119,674 63 Torquay Devon
Torfaen GB.TF TOF UKL16 90,949 90,527 126 Pontypool Monmouth
Tower Hamlets GB.TH TWH UKI12 196,106 160,594 20   Greater London
Trafford GB.TD TRF UKD31 210,145 214,437 106 Stretford Greater Manchester
Vale of Glamorgan GB.VG VGL UKL22 119,292 118,039 337 Barry Glamorgan
Wakefield GB.WK WKF UKE43 315,172 310,709 333 Wakefield West Yorkshire
Walsall GB.WZ WLL UKG35 253,499 259,488 106 Walsall West Midlands
Waltham Forest GB.WF WFT UKI21 218,341 211,697 40   Greater London
Wandsworth GB.WW WND UKI11 260,380 252,827 35   Greater London
Warrington GB.WT WRT UKD21 191,080 182,685 176 Warrington Cheshire
Warwickshire GB.WR WAR UKG13 505,859 484,247 1,978 Warwick Warwickshire
West Berkshire GB.WB WBK UKJ11 144,483 136,700 704 Newbury Berkshire
West Dunbartonshire GB.WD WDU UKM31 93,378 95,984 162 Dumbarton Strathclyde
West Lothian GB.WH WLN UKM28 158,714 143,971 425 Livingston Lothian
Westminster GB.WE WSM UKI11 181,286 175,180 22   Greater London
West Sussex GB.WS WSX UKJ24 753,614 703,553 1,988 Chichester West Sussex
Wigan GB.WN WGN UKD32 301,415 304,001 199 Wigan Greater Manchester
Wiltshire GB.WL WIL UKK15 432,973 395,390 3,246 Trowbridge Wiltshire
Windsor and Maidenhead GB.WA WNM UKJ11 133,626 132,465 198 Maidenhead Berkshire
Wirral GB.WQ WRL UKD54 312,293 330,795 159 Wallasey Merseyside
Wokingham GB.WO WOK UKJ11 150,229 139,189 179 Wokingham Berkshire
Wolverhampton GB.WV WLV UKG35 236,582 243,586 69 Wolverhampton West Midlands
Worcestershire GB.WC WOR UKG12 542,107 507,500 2,065 Worcester Worcestershire
Wrexham GB.WX WRX UKL23 128,476 121,296 499 Wrexham Denbigh, Flint
York GB.YK YOR UKE21 181,094 166,304 271 York North Yorkshire
233 divisions   59,012,502 56,682,289 243,602    
  • Name: Short name of division.
  • HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes.
  • ISO: District codes from ISO 3166-2. For full identification in a global context, prefix "GB-" to the code (ex: GB-WRL represents Wirral). The source for the three-letter codes is a British Standard named "BS 6879: Codes for the representation of names of counties and similar areas". This standard includes two- and three-letter and four-digit codes for each current county name, and a three-letter code for each historic county name. The codes in this document stand for names, not areas. For example, Warwickshire has one code of each type (WK, WAR, 3700),
    even though its area was substantially different before the 1974 local government reform. On the other hand, there are different codes for Western Isles (WIS) and Eilean Siar (ELS), which is just a change of name. The three-letter codes are based on the older Chapman County Codes, devised by genealogist Colin R. Chapman.
  • NUTS: Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics level-three codes, with some exceptions, as described above.
    First three characters indicate the NUTS-1 region.
  • Pop-2001: Population according to the 2001-04-29 census. Source: National Statistics Website. Figures for Channel Islands and Isle of Man taken from their government Websites.
  • Pop-1991: Population according to the University of Leeds study cited above, except for Channel Islands and Isle of Man. Figures represent the census of 1991-04-21, adjusted for the reorganization of 1995-1998. Area and population for Isles of Scilly are included in Cornwall. National Statistics says, "The Isles of Scilly, which are separately administered by an Isles of Scilly Council, do not form part of the county of Cornwall but are usually associated with the county."
  • Area: Data contributed by Karem Abdalla.
  • Capital: Site of the administrative headquarters of the subdivision. When blank, usually the subdivision only contains one town. The concept of capital is rather hazy in the United Kingdom. Ceredigion county council has offices in both Aberaeron and Aberystwyth. Argyll and Bute has offices in Kilmory Castle in Lochgilphead, and its capital is sometimes cited as Kilmory, sometimes Lochgilphead.
  • Old County: For administrative counties and unitary authorities in England, this is the ceremonial county (pre-1974, except Cumbria). For London boroughs and metropolitan boroughs, it is the metropolitan county (1974-1995). For Wales, it is the shire county (pre-1974); for Scotland, the region (1975-1996); for Northern Ireland, the county (pre-1973).
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