Great Britain

===Settlements===
[[London]] is the capital of [[England]] and the [[United Kingdom]] as a whole, and is the seat of the [[Government of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom's government]]. [[Edinburgh]] is the capital city of [[Scotland]], and is the seat of the [[Scottish Government]] as well as the [[Courts of Scotland|highest courts in Scotland]]. The [[Palace of Holyroodhouse]] in Edinburgh is the [[official residence]] of the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|British monarch]] in Scotland. [[Cardiff]] is the capital city of [[Wales]], and is the seat of the [[Welsh Government]]. 

;Largest urban areas
{{See also|List of urban areas in the United Kingdom}}

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!City-region
!Built-up area<ref name="BUA">{{cite web | url=http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/747.aspx|title=2011 Census - Built-up areas| publisher=[[Office for National Statistics|ONS]] | access-date=12 July 2015}}</ref>
!Population<br />(2011&nbsp;Census)
!Area<br />(km<sup>2</sup>)
!Density<br />(people/km<sup>2</sup>)
|-
!1
|[[London]]
|[[Greater London Urban Area|Greater London]]
|9,787,426
|1,737.9
|5,630
|-
!2
|[[Manchester]]–[[Salford]]
|[[Greater Manchester Urban Area|Greater Manchester]]
|2,553,379
|630.3
|4,051
|-
!3
|[[Birmingham]]–[[Wolverhampton]]
|[[West Midlands Urban Area|West Midlands]]
|2,440,986
|598.9
|4,076
|-
!4
|[[Leeds]]–[[Bradford]]
|[[West Yorkshire Urban Area|West Yorkshire]]
|1,777,934
|487.8
|3,645
|-
!5
|[[Glasgow]]
|[[Greater Glasgow]]
|1,209,143
|368.5
|3,390
|-
!6
|[[Liverpool]]
|[[Liverpool Urban Area|Liverpool]]
|864,122
|199.6
|4,329
|-
!7
|[[Southampton]]–[[Portsmouth]]
|[[South Hampshire]]
|855,569
|192.0
|4,455
|-
!8
|[[Newcastle upon Tyne]]–[[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]]
|[[Tyneside]]
|774,891
|180.5
|4,292
|-
!9
|[[Nottingham]]
|[[Nottingham Urban Area|Nottingham]]
|729,977
|176.4
|4,139
|-
!10
|[[Sheffield]]
|[[Sheffield Urban Area|Sheffield]]
|685,368
|167.5
|4,092
|}