Full Name England
Capital City London
Area 129,720 sq km
50,085 sq miles
Population 51,000,000
Time Zone GMT/UTC 0 (Greenwich Mean Time (British Summer Time during daylight savings))
Daylight Saving Start late March
Daylight Saving End late October
Languages English (official)
Perhaps England's greatest cultural export has been the English language, the current lingua franca of the international community. There are astonishing regional variations in accents, and it is not unusual to find those in southern England claiming to need an interpreter to communicate with anyone living north of Oxford.
Religion Church of England, Catholic, Methodist, Muslim, Jewish, Sikh and Hindu.
Currency pound sterling (£)
Electricity 240V 50HzHz
Electric Plug Details British-style plug with two flat blades and one flat grounding blade
Country Dialing Code 44 ← Back to: England - intro
Source: Lonely Planet