Country Profile

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is separated from the
continental Europe by the English Channel. Its borders are: Scotland to the north,
Wales to the west, Irish Sea to the North West, the Celtic sea to the south west
and the North Sea to the east. Most of England comprises the central and southern
part of the island of Great Britain.




London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom is the largest
metropolitan area in the united kingdom and the largest urban zone in the
European union. It is located on the River Thames.

Based in a census made in 2011 there are 53,013,000 people in England, around
84% of the UK population, actually a really crowded country. England is an
industrialized country with one of the largest economy in the world, it’s so busy in
the major cities like London, Manchester or Liverpool but it is more quit in the rural
zones or in the small towns.

The official currency in England is the pound sterling.

Geographically England includes the central and southern two-thirds of the island
of Great Britain, plus such offshore islands as the Isle of Wight and the Isles of
Scilly. It is separated from France by 34 kilometers. The most important rivers of
England are the Thames, Mersey and Tyne

England has a temperate maritime climate; it is now lower than 0°C in the winter
and not much longer than 32°C in the summer. The rainfall is higher in the west
and parts near the Lake District have more rain than anywhere else in the country.



17 of the 25 United Kingdom UNESCO World Heritage Sites fall within
England. Some of the best known of these include; Hadrian's Wall, Stonehenge,
Avebury and Associated Sites, Tower of London, Jurassic Coast, Saltaire, Iron
bridge Gorge, Studley Royal Park and various others.
There are many museums in England, but the most notable is London's British
Museum.

The British Library in London is the national library and is one of the world's
largest research libraries. The most senior 
art gallery is the National 
Gallery in Trafalgar Square

Perhaps the best known example is Hadrian's Wall stretching right across northern
England.
Another well preserved example is the Roman Baths at Bath, Somerset.
Some of the best known medieval castles include the Tower of London, Warwick
Castle, Durham Castle and Windsor Castle amongst others.

The first man came to England about 35,000 years ago, when sea level was lower
than now, and Britain was connected by land to Ireland and Eurasia.
In the year 2500 BC, was the time when the great Neolithic monuments were built,
such as Stonehenge and Avebury.

The Industrial Revolution was a period of deeps changes in the socioeconomic
and cultural conditions of England industrialization of agriculture, manufacturing,
engineering and mining, as well as the development of new works on
transportation and water infrastructure to facilitate their expansion and
development.

The economy of the country is based on chemical and pharmaceutical sectors,
technical industries, arms industry, and the manufacturing side of the software
industry. England´s economy is the largest economy in the UK, which has the 18th
highest GDP PPP per capita in the world.


England and the United Kingdom have a great development in arts since ancient
times to nowadays, being the creators of master pieces like Robin Hood, Sherlock
Holmes or magnificent writers like William Shakespeare or J.K Rowling. It also had
some of the greatest music bands in the modern times like the Beatles, The Rolling
Stones, Queen amongst others.



Christianity is the most practiced religion in England since the middle ages, and
today about 72% of English people identify as a Christian.



England has a very strong sports heritage; they invented soccer founding Sheffield
FC in 1857, the oldest football club in history. During the 19th century they codified
many sports that are now played all around the world, sports originating from
England includes: football, cricket, rugby, tennis, badminton, squash, hockey,
boxing, snookers, billiards, darts, bowls, netball, thoroughbred horseracing, greyhound racing and fox hunting.