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United Kingdom, Europe

This post was last updated by José of onez on Monday, 21 April 2025.

United Kingdom is a country located in the Northern Europe sub‑region of the Europe continent.

Easy learning about United Kingdom

United Kingdom is located in Northern Europe
Europe Continent
United Kingdom population 68 682 962 inhabitants
(2023 UN data)
United Kingdom Area 244 820 Km2
( 152 124 sq mi)
Latitude & Longitude 54° 00' N, 2° 00' W
United Kingdom Capital cityLondon
Neighbouring countriesIreland.
United Kingdom Climatetemperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast
Most predominant religionChristian (includes Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist),
Second most predominant religionMuslim,
Currency name & code Pound (GBP)
Internet ccTLD.uk
United Kingdom calling code44
Passport ranking6

United Kingdom administrative divisions

  • England: 24 two-tier counties,
  • 32 London boroughs and 1 City of London or Greater London,
  • 36 metropolitan districts,
  • 59 unitary authorities (including 4 single-tier counties*);

  • two-tier counties: Cambridgeshire,
  • Cumbria,
  • Derbyshire,
  • Devon,
  • East Sussex,
  • Essex,
  • Gloucestershire,
  • Hampshire,
  • Hertfordshire,
  • Kent,
  • Lancashire,
  • Leicestershire,
  • Lincolnshire,
  • Norfolk,
  • North Yorkshire,
  • Nottinghamshire,
  • Oxfordshire,
  • Somerset,
  • Staffordshire,
  • Suffolk,
  • Surrey,
  • Warwickshire,
  • West Sussex,
  • Worcestershire

    London boroughs and City of London or Greater London: Barking and Dagenham,
  • Barnet,
  • Bexley,
  • Brent,
  • Bromley,
  • Camden,
  • Croydon,
  • Ealing,
  • Enfield,
  • Greenwich,
  • Hackney,
  • Hammersmith and Fulham,
  • Haringey,
  • Harrow,
  • Havering,
  • Hillingdon,
  • Hounslow,
  • Islington,
  • Kensington and Chelsea,
  • Kingston upon Thames,
  • Lambeth,
  • Lewisham,
  • City of London,
  • Merton,
  • Newham,
  • Redbridge,
  • Richmond upon Thames,
  • Southwark,
  • Sutton,
  • Tower Hamlets,
  • Waltham Forest,
  • Wandsworth,
  • Westminster

    metropolitan districts: Barnsley,
  • Birmingham,
  • Bolton,
  • Bradford,
  • Bury,
  • Calderdale,
  • Coventry,
  • Doncaster,
  • Dudley,
  • Gateshead,
  • Kirklees,
  • Knowlsey,
  • Leeds,
  • Liverpool,
  • Manchester,
  • Newcastle upon Tyne,
  • North Tyneside,
  • Oldham,
  • Rochdale,
  • Rotherham,
  • Salford,
  • Sandwell,
  • Sefton,
  • Sheffield,
  • Solihull,
  • South Tyneside,
  • St. Helens,
  • Stockport,
  • Sunderland,
  • Tameside,
  • Trafford,
  • Wakefield,
  • Walsall,
  • Wigan,
  • Wirral,
  • Wolverhampton

    unitary authorities: Bath and North East Somerset;
  • Bedford;
  • Blackburn with Darwen;
  • Blackpool;
  • Bournemouth,
  • Christchurch and Poole;
  • Bracknell Forest;
  • Brighton and Hove;
  • City of Bristol;
  • Buckinghamshire;
  • Central Bedfordshire;
  • Cheshire East;
  • Cheshire West and Chester;
  • Cornwall;
  • Darlington;
  • Derby;
  • Dorset;
  • Durham County*;
  • East Riding of Yorkshire;
  • Halton;
  • Hartlepool;
  • Herefordshire*;
  • Isle of Wight*;
  • Isles of Scilly;
  • City of Kingston upon Hull;
  • Leicester;
  • Luton;
  • Medway;
  • Middlesbrough;
  • Milton Keynes;
  • North East Lincolnshire;
  • North Lincolnshire;
  • North Northamptonshire;
  • North Somerset;
  • Northumberland*;
  • Nottingham;
  • Peterborough;
  • Plymouth;
  • Portsmouth;
  • Reading;
  • Redcar and Cleveland;
  • Rutland;
  • Shropshire;
  • Slough;
  • South Gloucestershire;
  • Southampton;
  • Southend-on-Sea;
  • Stockton-on-Tees;
  • Stoke-on-Trent;
  • Swindon;
  • Telford and Wrekin;
  • Thurrock;
  • Torbay;
  • Warrington;
  • West Berkshire;
  • West Northamptonshire;
  • Wiltshire;
  • Windsor and Maidenhead;
  • Wokingham;
  • York

    Northern Ireland: 5 borough councils,
  • 4 district councils,
  • 2 city councils;

  • borough councils: Antrim and Newtownabbey;
  • Ards and North Down;
  • Armagh City,
  • Banbridge,
  • and Craigavon;
  • Causeway Coast and Glens;
  • Mid and East Antrim

    district councils: Derry City 
  • and Strabane;
  • Fermanagh and Omagh;
  • Mid Ulster;
  • Newry,
  • Murne,
  • and Down

    city councils: Belfast;
  • Lisburn and Castlereagh

    Scotland: 32 council areas;

  • council areas: Aberdeen City,
  • Aberdeenshire,
  • Angus,
  • Argyll and Bute,
  • Clackmannanshire,
  • Dumfries and Galloway,
  • Dundee City,
  • East Ayrshire,
  • East Dunbartonshire,
  • East Lothian,
  • East Renfrewshire,
  • City of Edinburgh,
  • Eilean Siar (Western Isles),
  • Falkirk,
  • Fife,
  • Glasgow City,
  • Highland,
  • Inverclyde,
  • Midlothian,
  • Moray,
  • North Ayrshire,
  • North Lanarkshire,
  • Orkney Islands,
  • Perth and Kinross,
  • Renfrewshire,
  • Shetland Islands,
  • South Ayrshire,
  • South Lanarkshire,
  • Stirling,
  • The Scottish Borders,
  • West Dunbartonshire,
  • West Lothian

    Wales: 22 unitary authorities;

  • unitary authorities: Blaenau Gwent,
  • Bridgend,
  • Caerphilly,
  • Cardiff,
  • Carmarthenshire,
  • Ceredigion,
  • Conwy,
  • Denbighshire,
  • Flintshire,
  • Gwynedd,
  • Isle of Anglesey,
  • Merthyr Tydfil,
  • Monmouthshire,
  • Neath Port Talbot,
  • Newport,
  • Pembrokeshire,
  • Powys,
  • Rhondda Cynon Taff,
  • Swansea,
  • The Vale of Glamorgan,
  • Torfaen,
  • Wrexham

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