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England - the largest historical and administrative part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a country in its structure, which occupies the south-eastern part of the larger island of Great Britain, known as the English. The population of England is 83% of the UK population.

England is two-thirds of the island of Great Britain. It has borders with Scotland to the west - with Wales. Englandscape consists mostly of rolling hills, to the north the terrain becomes more mountainous. Mountainous and flat terrain conditionally divided by a line drawn between the mouth of the River Tees (Teesside) in the north-east and the mouth of the river ex (Devon) in the south-west. To the east is located slashes, which basically was drained for agriculture.

Britain - a parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy. The head of state - the Queen of Great Britain. Head of Government Prime Minister. The Parliament consists of the House of Commons (646 members), the House of Lords (753 peer) and Queen.

The national flag of England - white with a red upright cross of St. George, who is considered the patron saint of England. The official flag ratio - 3: 5, the line width of the red cross is 1 5 of the width of the canvas. The first mention of the flag of England with the George Cross refers to 1545. Cross of St George is one of the earliest known emblems of England. He became a symbol of the English in the Middle Ages, during the Crusades.

Historically, the largest administrative units in England were the county. These structures emerged from the older to the preunification England: Kingdoms (as Sussex and Essex), duchies (as Yorkshire, Cornwall and Lancashire) or just land holdings, which honors the nobility - such as Berkshire. Until 1867, they were divided into smaller formations, called hundreds.

As an example of the English national dress costumes are often dancers performing dance Morris. His dancing in the summer in the countryside. In the past it was considered a ritual dance, and he is credited with magical value associated with the awakening of the earth

Some information The modern symbol of England - red rose with white stamens. This symbol combines the symbolism of two kinds, one warring - York (white rose) and Lancaster (red rose).

As its name suggests, the English language, today spoken by hundreds of millions of people around the world, originated as the language of England, where it remains the principal tongue today. It is an Indo. European language in the Anglo-Frisian branch of the Germanic family. After the Norman conquest, the Old English language was displaced and confined to the lower social classes as Norman French and Latin were used by the aristocracy

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