Difference Between England, Great Britain and United Kingdom with Map Illustrations

I’m going to tell you the difference between England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. I have created something like this before but still feel like explaining it in a different way and format.

Looking at the Map above the entire region is know to be British Isles. British Isles is divided into two, the Ireland and the Great Britain. But don’t be confused as I’m going to break it down for you one after the other.

ENGLAND: From the map, the marked region is England, which stand as a country on it’s own. England is the biggest country in the British Isles, and the capital is London. A person who is from England is often called English Man or Woman.

In the British Isles, there are five Countries which are England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. Out of these countries three make up Great Britain while four make up United Kingdom with only one left out which is Republic of Ireland.

GREAT BRITAIN: It Consist of three countries which are England, Scotland and Wales. Anybody from these three Countries is a British Man or Woman. Each of these Countries have their Capital, that of England is London and that of Scotland is Edinburg while that of Wales is Belfast.

UNITED KINGDOM: From the initial explanation, I said the British Isles is divided into two which are Great Britain and Ireland and I have just explain Great Britain. The minor region of the Ireland Join the United Kingdom and the major part got separated. The minor part is Northern Ireland while the Major part is Republic of Ireland. Therefore United Kingdom consist of GREAT BRITAIN and NORTHERN IRELAND. It’s often Called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which are [England, Scotland, Wales] and [Northern Ireland]

According to their history, England and Wales combine together in 1542 after then Scotland also joined in 1606 and then later on Ireland also joined in 1801. But in 1922 The major portion of Ireland got separated and that major portion was Republic of Ireland which is not member of the United Kingdom.

The Queen Elizabeth Rules over the United Kingdom and base in London. People do say England or London is the Capital of UK, but always note that UK comprises of four Countries or Kingdoms with England occupying the Largest Land Space.

Now let’s take a look at their flags

You will discover that the four Countries that form UK all have their different flags, but the flag of UK is the combination of the four. It’s is called the Union Jack.

United Kingdom’s Flag

Breakdown of how it was formed