Banner o Hampshire | |
Geography | |
Status | Ceremonial an (smawer) nan-metropolitan coonty |
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Region: | Sooth East Ingland |
Aurie - Tot - Admin. council - Admin. aurie |
Rankit 9t 3,769 km² (1,455 sq mi) Rankit 8t 3,679 km² (1,420 sq mi) |
Admin HQ: | Winchester |
Coonty Flouer: | Tudor Rose |
ISO 3166-2: | GB-HAM |
ONS code: | 24 |
NUTS 3: | UKJ33 |
Demographics | |
Population - Tot (2011 est.) - Density - Admin. cooncil - Admin. pop. |
Rankit 5t 1,743,700 463/km2 (1,200/sq mi) Ranked 3rd 1,296,900 |
Ethnicity: | 96.7% White 1.3% S. Asian 0.8% Mixed 1.2% Ither |
Politics | |
Hampshire County Council http://www.hampshire.gov.uk Archived 2006-04-27 at the Wayback Machine | |
Executive | Conservative |
Members o Parliament |
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Destricts | |
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Hampshire (/ˈhæmpʃ(ɪ)ə/; abbreviatit Hants) is a coonty on the soothren coast o Ingland in the Unitit Kinrick. The coonty toun o Hampshire is Winchester, the umwhile caipital ceety o Ingland. Hampshire is the maist populous ceremonial coonty in the Unitit Kinrick an if excludin newly formit metropolitan coonties such as the Wast Midlands, Hampshire wad be the maist populous coonty in the whole o the Unitit Kinrick. Hampshire is notable for hoosin the birthplaces o the Ryal Navy, Breetish Airmy, an Ryal Air Force. The ceremonial coonty borders Dorset tae the wast, Wiltshire tae the north-wast, Berkshire tae the north, Surrey tae the north-east, an Wast Sussex tae the east. The soothren boondary is the coastline o the Inglis Channel an the Solent, facin the Isle o Wight.
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