United Kingdom/Catalogs/Political subdivisions and dependencies

Countries

Name	Capital	Date of Union	Population	Subdivisions	History	Economy
England	London	1707	50,431,700	9 Regions	History of England	Economy of England
Scotland	Edinburgh	1707	5,094,800	32 council areas	History of Scotland	Economy of Scotland
Wales	Cardiff (Caerdydd)		2,958,600	9 counties 3 cities 10 county boroughs	History of Wales	Economy of Wales
Northern Ireland	Belfast	1802	1,724,400	6 Counties	History of Northern Ireland	Economy of Northern Ireland

Crown dependencies

Name	Capital	Lt. Govenor	Population	Coordinates	Subdivisions	History	Economy
Guernsey	St Peter Port	Sir Fabian Malbon	12345678	49°27′N, 2°33′W	12 Parishes	History of Guernsey	Economy of Guernsey
Jersey	Saint Helier	Lt. Gen. Andrew Ridgway	12345678	49°11′N, 2°06′W	12 Parishes	History of Jersey	Economy of Jersey
Isle of Man	Douglas	Sir Paul Haddacks	12345678	54°09′N, 4°29′W	6 sheadings	History of the Isle of Man	Economy of the Isle of Man

Overseas territories

Name	Capital	Land Area (sq km)	Population	Governor	Coordinates
Anguilla	The Valley	90	12,200 (2003 estimate)	Governor: His Excellency Mr Andrew George Chief Minister: The Honourable Osbourne Fleming	17°03′N, 61°48′W
Bermuda	Hamilton	53.3	68,500 (2005)	Governor: Sir John Vereker KCB Premier: The Honourable Dr Ewart Brown, JP, MP	32°20′N, 64°45′W
British Antarctic Territory	N/A	1,709,400	No indigenous population	Commissioner: Mr Tony Crombie Administrator: Dr Michael Richardson	60d°S to 90°S 20°W to 80°W
British Indian Ocean Territory	N/A	54,400 sq km (mostly ocean)	No perminent residents 4000 aprox. Military Employees	Commissioner: Mr Leigh Turner	6°00′S, 71°30′E; 7°20′S, 72°25′E
British Virgin Islands	Road Town, Tortola	153	27,000 (estimate for 2005)	Governor: David Pearey Chief Minister: The Hon Dr Orlando Smith	18°30′N, 64°30′W
Cayman Islands	George Town	260	52,466 (2005 estimate)	Governor: His Excellency Stuart Jack, CVO Leader of Government Business: The Honourable Kurt Tibbetts JP	19°30′N, 80°30′W
Falkland Islands	Stanley	12,173	2,913 (2001 Census)	Governor: His Excellency Alan Huckle	51°45′S, 59°00′W
Gibraltar	Gibraltar	6.5	28,779 (Abstract of Statistics 2005)	Governor: Lt Gen Sir Robert Fulton KBE Chief Minister: Hon Peter Caruana QC	36°8′N, 5°21′W
Montserrat	Plymouth	102	4,483 (estimate)	Governor: Her Excellency Mrs Deborah Barnes Jones Chief Minister: The Honourable Dr Lowell Lewis	16°45′N, 62°12′W
Pitcairn Islands	Adamstown	4.5	47	Governor: His Excellency George Fergusson Chief Minister: Jay Warren	25°04′S, 130°06′W
Saint Helena	Jamestown	Saint Helena: 122 Ascension Island: 90 Tristan da Cunha island group: 98	Saint Helena: 4000 Ascension Island: 1000 Tristan da Cunha island group: 275	Governor: Michael Clancy	Saint Helena: 15°57′S, 5°42′W Ascension Island: 7°57′S, 14°22′W Tristan da Cunha island group: 37°15′S, 12°30′W
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	King Edward Point	3903	No resident polulation	Commissioner: His Excellency Howard Pearce, CVO Assistant Commissioner: Ms Harriet Hall	54°30′S, 37°00′W
Turks and Caicos Islands	Grand Turk	430	32,000 (2006 census estimate)	Governor: His Excellency Richard Tauwhare Premier: The Honourable Dr Michael Eugene Misick LLB, MLC	21°45′N, 71°35′W

Sovereign base areas

There are two Sovereign Base Areas of the United Kingdom on the Island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea. They are called Akrotiri and Dhekelia.