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🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Country located in Northern Europe

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General

General information related to the country

Comprehensive data for United Kingdom
PropertyValue
Country NameUnited Kingdom
Country Name (Local)United Kingdom
Country Flag🇬🇧
Country Area242900 km2
Country Code (ISO 3166-1)GB
ContinentEurope
RegionNorthern Europe
Capital NameLondon
Capital Latitude51.50853
Capital Longitude-0.12574
Postal Code Format@# #@@|@## #@@|@@# #@@|@@## #@@|@#@ #@@|@@#@ #@@|GIR0AA
Postal Code Regex^(([A-Z]\d{2}[A-Z]{2})|([A-Z]\d{3}[A-Z]{2})|([A-Z]{2}\d{2}[A-Z]{2})|([A-Z]{2}\d{3}[A-Z]{2})|([A-Z]\d[A-Z]\d[A-Z]{2})|([A-Z]{2}\d[A-Z]\d[A-Z]{2})|(GIR0AA))$

Currency

The currency used for the locale code is Sterling Pound.

Currency details for United Kingdom
PropertyValue
Currency NameSterling Pound
Currency Name (Local)British pound
Currency CodeGBP
Currency Symbol£
Currency Numeric826
Currency Subunit Value100
Currency Subunit NamePence

Languages Spoken

Timezones

United Kingdom has 9 timezones with UTC offsets ranging from UTC-08:00 to UTC+06:00.

UTC-08:00
UTC-05:00
UTC-04:00
UTC-03:00
UTC-02:00
UTC
UTC+01:00
UTC+02:00
UTC+06:00

Borders

United Kingdom shares only one border with Ireland and it's not landlocked.

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What country is 🇬🇧?

People often ask which country uses 🇬🇧 emoji flag. The answer is United Kingdom.United Kingdom is located in Northern Europe continent. The country area is 242900 km2, and the capital city is London (51.50853, -0.12574). Some of the neighboring countries are Ireland, and the country is not landlocked. Some of the timezones in United Kingdom are UTC-08:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00, UTC, UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00, UTC+06:00. The currency used in United Kingdom is British pound (GBP). People in United Kingdom speak mostly English. United Kingdom is part of the Northern Europe region.