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UNITED KINGDOM

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · GB / GBR / 826

GB
ISO 3166-1 GBR · 826

United Kingdom is a northern europe country in Europe. It has uses GBP, speaks English.

Population 0
Area (km²) 242,900
Capital London
Region Northern Europe

All facts

fields
ISO alpha-3
GBR
ISO numeric
826
Calling code
+44
TLD
.uk
Driving side
Currencies
GBP
Languages
eng
Timezones
Flag
🇬🇧

Cities

page 1 of 119 · 5,903 total
London England 8,961,989
Birmingham England 1,157,603
Glasgow Scotland 626,410
Manchester England 568,996
Sheffield England 556,500
Leeds England 536,280
Edinburgh Scotland 514,990
Liverpool England 496,770
Bristol England 479,024
Cardiff Wales 372,089
Leicester England 368,600
Bradford England 366,187
Belfast Northern Ireland 348,005
Coventry England 345,324
Brent England 329,100
Birkenhead England 325,264
Nottingham England 323,632
Islington England 319,143
Reading England 318,014
Kingston upon Hull England 314,018
Preston England 313,332
Swansea Wales 300,352
Newcastle upon Tyne England 300,125
Southend-on-Sea England 295,310
Brighton England 283,870
Derby England 270,468
Southampton England 269,781
Wolverhampton England 263,700
Plymouth England 260,203
Stoke-on-Trent England 258,366
Milton Keynes England 256,385
City of Westminster England 247,614
Northampton England 245,899
Oldham England 237,110
Bexley England 228,000
Luton England 225,262
Barking England 218,534
Archway England 215,667
Portsmouth England 208,100
Swindon England 201,669
Dudley England 199,059
Aberdeen Scotland 198,590
Sutton England 187,600
St Helens England 183,200
Ipswich England 178,835
Wigan England 175,405
Croydon England 173,314
Warrington England 172,330
Walsall England 172,141
Mansfield England 171,958

Airports

top 20
EDI

Edinburgh Airport

Large airport

LBA

Leeds Bradford Airport

Large airport

EMA

East Midlands Airport

Large airport

GLA

Glasgow Airport

Large airport

PIK
MAN

Manchester Airport

Large airport

LGW

London Gatwick Airport

Large airport

ABZ
CWL
BHX

Birmingham Airport

Large airport

LPL
LTN

London Luton Airport

Large airport

STN

London Stansted Airport

Large airport

BFS
BRS

Bristol Airport

Large airport

LHR

London Heathrow Airport

Large airport

NQT

Nottingham City Airport

Medium airport

GLO

Gloucestershire Airport

Medium airport

Universities

linked

FAQ

4 questions
What currency does United Kingdom use?
GBP.
What languages are spoken in United Kingdom?
English.
What is the capital of United Kingdom?
London.
How many cities are in United Kingdom?
5,903 on record.

Get this page as JSON

no auth
cURL 200 OK
$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/countries/GB

{
  "data": {
    "iso_alpha2": "GB",
    "iso_alpha3": "GBR",
    "iso_numeric": "826",
    "common_name": "United Kingdom",
    "official_name": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland",
    "capital": "London",
    "region": "Europe",
    "subregion": "Northern Europe",
    "population": 0,
    "flag_emoji": "🇬🇧",
    "car_side": null,
    "postal_code_format": null,
    "native_names": {},
    "calling_codes": [
      "+44"
    ],
    "tld": [
      ".uk"
    ],
    "flag_url": "/static/flags/gb.svg",
    "area": 242900.0,
    "latitude": 54.0,
    "longitude": -2.0,
    "languages": {
      "eng": "English"
    },
    "currencies": {
      "GBP": {
        "name": "British pound",
        "symbol": "£"
      }
    },
    "borders": [
      "IRL"
    ],
    "timezone_ids": []
  }
}
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