Hampshire

Hampshire (abbr. Hants) is a county on the south coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county borders (clockwise from West), Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Surrey and West Sussex. The county is 1,455 square miles (3,769 km²) in size and at its widest points is approximately 55 miles (90 km) east-west and 40 miles (65 km) north-south. The county town is Winchester situated at {{coor dms|51|03|35|N|1|18|36|W|}}. The 2001 census gave the population of the administrative county as 1.24 million; the ceremonial county also includes the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton, which are administratively independent, and has a total population of 1.6 million.

References

• Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911. "Hampshire".
• Draper, Jo. 1990. Hampshire. Wimborne: Dovecote Press. ISBN 0946159823
• Pigot & Co's Atlas of the Counties of England, 1840. London: J Pigot & Co.

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