Capital:

London is the capital of the United Kingdom and England is one of the major world cities.

On census day, 2001, the City and the 32 boroughs city had a population of 7,172,036 inhabitants and the London Metropolitan area had a pouplation of 13,945,000 inhabitants.

Major cities:

• Birmingham (city: 992,100  ; metro: 2,575,768)
• Manchester (city: 422,302 ; metro: 2,513,468)
• Sheffield (city: 512,242)
• Liverpool (city: 441,477; metro: 1,362,026)
• Leeds (city: 429,242 ; metro: 716,513)
• Bristol (city: 381,618)
• Nottingham (city: 270,300 ; metro: 613,723 )
• Newcastle upon Tyne (city: 259,000 ; metro: 800,000)