Hello fellow grade nines! For this semester I will be blogging about the country England.  England is located in the North-Western part of Europe and is 35 km off the coast of France, Belgium and the Netherlands. England is commonly referred to as the entire island of the United Kingdom but, in actuality, England is a country inside of the UK. Other countries in the UK include Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.  It is common knowledge that the citizens of these countries become quite offended when referred to as citizens of England instead of their own countries. England is divided into regions. Their names are North East, North West Yorkshire and Humbershire, West Midlands East Midlands, East Anglia, London, South West and South East. The capital city of England is London which is located in the South-Eastern part of England and as of 2005, London has a population of 7,421,328 people.  London is also home to many tourist attractions such as London Bridge, Big Ben, the London Eye, Tower of London and much more!  Some major cities of England are London, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Manchestor, and York.  England is the largest country in the United Kingdom with an area of 129, 720 square kilometres. Even though England is the largest country in the UK, by comparison, the United States has an area 74 times bigger than England, Australia has an area 54 times bigger than England and Japan's area is 3 times bigger than England.  England has a population of 63,047,162 people. The population density of England 395 people per square kilometre! That's a lot of people! More facts about England are coming your way! Check my blog next week for some more fascinating facts about England.

Websites used:
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/britain/england_facts.htm
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html 
 http://wwp.united-kingdom-uk.com/england/london/
http:http://www.trueknowledge.com/q/england's_population_density_2011//
http://www.visitlondon.com/attractions/culture/top-ten-attractions
http://www.epictrip.com/Cities-in-England-places-l307.html
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/geography.html
http://www.picturesofengland.com/mapofengland/regions.html