Discovering England

Capital (and largest city)	London  51°30′N 0°7′W
Official language Recognized regional languages	English Cornish
Ethnic groups	87.5% White, 6.0% South Asian, 2.9% Black, 1.9% Mixed race, 0.8% Chinese, 0.8% Other.
Government	Non –devolved constituent country within a constitutional monarchy Monarch Elizabeth II and Prime minister of the united kingdom David Cameron
Legislature	Parliament of the united kingdom
Area	Total  130,395 km2 50,346 sq mi
Population	2011 census:                 53,013,000 Density: 407/km2  1,054.1/sq mi
Currency	Pound sterling (GBP)
Time zone Summer	GMT (UTC0) BST (UTC+1)
Drives on the	Left
Patron saint	Saint George

Toponomy

The name England is derived from the old English name Englaland, which means “land of the angles”. The angles were one of the Germanic tribes that appeared during early middle ages.

Prehistoric Britain

Homo antecessor has been the first evidence discovered in England, approximately 780.000 years ago. Different human bones have been discovered through the years. The oldest proto-human was discovered in England from 500.000 years ago. Also different remains of extinct animals were found in all the country. During different periods of time, especially in Iron Age, Celtics cultures that derived from Hallstatt and La Téne cultures, arrived from central Europe.  The Romans invaded the old Britain in AD 43 during the reign of Emperor Claudius.

New England

Actually England is part of United Kingdom, and its basic political system is a constitutional monarchy, a parliamentary system. At this time, England is governed directly by the parliament of the United Kingdom, tough other countries of the United Kingdom have devolved governments. Also this amazing country is a member of European Union. England has an English law legal system that consists in judges sitting in courts, applying their common sense and knowledge of legal precedents. England has one of the largest in the world; the official currency is the pound sterling and is a leader in the chemical, pharmaceutical sectors and the manufacturing side of the software industry.

In England people speak English language as its name suggest. Today, English is spoken by hundreds of millions of people around the world. Actually the English language learning and teaching is an important economic activity and people can learn English to foreigner and to earn some money.

In England the Christianity is the most widely practiced religion, it was introduced by Romans. Today, 72% of English people identify as Christians. Another important point is the education, between three and four is nursery school, four and eleven is primary school, and eleven to sixteen is secondary school, after finishing compulsory education, pupils take an examination test. Following, they may decide to continue in further education for two years, the next step is university.