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England
FlagRoyal Coat of Arms
Motto: Dieu et mon droit  (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem: None officially specific to England; the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen". See also De Facto National anthem of England.
Location of  England  (inset  — orange)
in the United Kingdom (camel)

in the European continent  (white)

Capital
(and largest city)		London
51°30′N 0°7′W / 51.5°N 0.117°W / 51.5; -0.117
Official languagesEnglish1
Recognised regional languagesCornish2
Ethnic groups (2006
)		90% White, 5.3% South Asian, 2.7% Black, 1.6% Mixed race, 0.7% Chinese, 0.6% Other
DemonymEnglish
GovernmentConstitutional monarchy
 - MonarchElizabeth II
 - Prime Minister of the United KingdomGordon Brown MP
LegislatureParliament of the United Kingdom
Unified
 - by AthelstanAD 927 
Area
 - Total130,395 km2 
50,346 sq mi 
Population
 - 2007 estimate51,092,0003 
 - 2001 census49,138,831 
 - Density392/km2 
1,015/sq mi
GDP (PPP)2006 estimate
 - Total$1.9 trillion  
 - Per capitaUS$38,000 
GDP (nominal)2006 estimate
 - Total$2.2 trillion 
 - Per capita$44,000 
HDI (2006)▲ 0.940 (high) 
CurrencyPound sterling (GBP)
Time zoneGMT (UTC0)
 - Summer (DST)BST (UTC+1)
Internet TLD.uk4
Calling code44
Patron saintSt. George
1English is established by de facto usage.
2Cornish is officially recognised as a Regional or Minority language under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
3National population projection from the Office for National Statistics.
4Also .eu, as part of the European Union. ISO 3166-1 is GB, but .gb is unused. All these top level domain names are assigned to the United Kingdom as a whole, with no separate allocation to the countries which comprise it.

England /ˈɪŋɡlənd/ (help·info) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population, while its mainland territory occupies most of the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain. England is bordered by Scotland to the north, Wales to the west and the North Sea, Irish Sea, Celtic Sea, Bristol Channel and English Channel. The capital is London, the largest urban area in Great Britain, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by many measures.

England became a unified state in the year 927 CE and takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled there during the 5th and 6th centuries. It has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world being the place of origin of the English language, the Church of England, and English law, which forms the basis of the common law legal systems of countries around the world. In addition, England was the birth place of the Industrial Revolution, thus being the first country in the world to industrialise. It is home to the Royal Society, which laid the foundations of modern experimental science. England has the world's oldest parliamentary system, and consequently, other constitutional, governmental and legal innovations that stemmed from England have been