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  • The United Kingdom is divided in to England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Each of those is divided in to counties and England has 42. English Counties are, in a way, similar to US or Australian States. You can see the details at this link: http://www.maproom.org/t/brcounties/42323212.php
  • No. The United Kingdom has four divisions: England, Scotland, Wales, and Norther Ireland, which are in some way like the states of the US. These four are divided into counties, which are much more akin to US counties, and have much less power than US states. Furthermore, many of the larger cities are formed into Unitary Authorities, which combine the operations of the County and Town levels of control into one. Different operations are handled at different levels. For example, policing is done by counties or small groups of counties working together. Planning (zoning) is usually done by the Town. Waste disposal and most roads are at a County level.
  • "The subdivisions of England consists of as many as four levels of subnational division and at some levels there are a variety of types of administrative entity. They have been created for the purposes of local government in England. Some units combine the functions of two levels of local government, for example the Greater London administrative area is also the London region and unitary authorities are often counted as both county and district level entities." "At the top level England is divided into nine regions each containing one or more county-level entities. The regions were created in 1994 and since the 1999 Euro-elections have been used as England's European Parliament constituencies. All have the same status. However London is the only region with any substantial devolved power in the form of an elected mayor and the Greater London Authority. The regions also vary greatly in size, both in their areas covered and their populations. Type Created Number Units Region 1994 9 East · East Midlands · London · North East · North West · South East · South West · West Midlands · Yorkshire and the Humber" "Administratively, England is divided into two-tier and single-tier authorities; the higher level authorities in the two-tier structure are known as counties. There are three types of county in England, however these do not cover all of England; the remaining parts are the single-tier unitary authorities (see below). For other (non-administrative) purposes, England is divided into what are known as ceremonial counties, although this is not an official term. Each ceremonial county, as definied by the Lieutenancies Act 1997, has a Lord Lieutenant who is historically the Crown's representative in the county. Ceremonial counties are often different from the administrative counties as they include the areas covered by unitary authorities, completely covering England. They are commonly used by people when describing where they live in England, and may be taken into consideration when drawing up Parliamentary constituency boundaries." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_England Further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_and_non-metropolitan_counties_of_England

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