England is an administrative division of the United Kingdom, that division happens to be called a country, covering an area of approximately 50,301 square miles.
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It shares its land borders with Scotland and Wales to the north-northwest and west respectively. The administrative divisions together with Northern Ireland, form the four countries of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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The UK is situated off the northwestern coast of the European mainland. Of the four countries, only Northern Ireland shares a land border with another country, Ireland.
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England, just as the rest of the UK, is located in the continent of Europe. However, the Northern Sea and the English Channel separates it from continental Europe. England is located on the British Isle in the north of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Many years ago (about 6,500 years ago) England was without a doubt part of Europe mainland, thanks to a land bridge which linked it to the continent and allowed people to freely move along the Atlantic coast from the Iberian Peninsula.
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owing their difference to historical events dating back to 1066 when the island was invaded by the Normans and introduced a class system that was different from their neighbors.
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Geopolitically, England covers about two-thirds of the British Isles and other offshore islands such as Isle of Scilly and Isle of Wight.
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It borders Scotland to the south and Wales to the east. England is the closest part of Britain to the European continent and is separated from France by a 21-mile sea gap.
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Although England is called a country because that's what the administrative division of the United Kingdom are called.
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Interestingly, England has not had a separate government since 1707 when it joined Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.