What are the geographical regions of the UK?

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What are the geographical regions of the UK?

What are the geographical regions of the UK?

England is divided into 9 geographical regions. These are London, the North East, North West, Yorkshire, East Midlands, West Midlands, South East, East of England and the South West.

What is the land area of Great Britain?

209 331 km² Grande-Bretagne/Superficie

Which countries are in UK?

The United Kingdom (UK) is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

How many countries are in the UK?

4 nations The 'United Kingdom' refers to a political union between, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Although the UK is a fully independent sovereign state, the 4 nations that make it up are also countries in their own right and have a certain extent of autonomy.

What are the 12 regions of the UK?

In this section

  • Relationship of NUTS areas to UK administrative geographies.
  • North East (England)
  • North West (England)
  • Yorkshire and The Humber.
  • East Midlands (England)
  • West Midlands (England)
  • East of England.
  • London.

What are the 8 regions of England?

The eight traditional geographic regions—the South West, the South East (Greater London often was separated out as its own region), the West Midlands, the East Midlands, East Anglia, the North West, Yorkshire, and the North East—often were referred to as the standard regions of England, though they never served ...

Who is the Queen of UK?

Queen ElizabethSince 1952 Royaume-Uni/Reine

Which is the smallest country in the UK?

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Is UK a country or England?

What about countries? To start with, there's the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The U.K., as it is called, is a sovereign state that consists of four individual countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

How many city regions are there in the UK?

Nine city regions in England currently have metro mayors. The first six metro mayor elections took place in 2017 in Greater Manchester, the Liverpool City Region, the West Midlands, Tees Valley, the West of England (including the Bristol urban area), and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

What is the area of the United Kingdom in square kilometers?

  • Area. The total area of the United Kingdom according to the Office for National Statistics is 248,532 square kilometres (95,960 sq mi), comprising the island of Great Britain, the northeastern one-sixth of the island of Ireland (Northern Ireland) and many smaller islands. This makes it the 7th largest island country in the world.

What is the absolute location of the United Kingdom?

  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Coordinates: 54°0′N 2°30′W The United Kingdom is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe.

What are the major physical features of the UK?

  • The tallest mountain in the UK (and British Isles) is Ben Nevis, in the Grampian Mountains, Scotland. The longest river is the River Severn which flows from Wales into England. The largest lake by surface area is Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland, though Scotland's Loch Ness has the largest volume.

Where is the United Kingdom located in Europe?

  • Coordinates: 54°0′N 2°30′W The United Kingdom is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe.

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