Hampshire

**Hampshire**
	; Banner o Hampshire
	Geography
Status	Ceremonial an (smawer) nan-metropolitan coonty
Region:	Sooth East Ingland
Aurie; - Tot; - Admin. council; - Admin. aurie	Rankit 9t; 3,769 km² (1,455 sq mi) ; Rankit 8t; 3,679 km² (1,420 sq mi)
Admin HQ:	Winchester
Coonty Flouer:	Tudor Rose
ISO 3166-2:	GB-HAM
ONS code:	24
NUTS 3:	UKJ33
	Demographics
Population; - Tot (2011 est.); - Density; - Admin. cooncil; - Admin. pop.	Rankit 5t; 1,743,700; 463/km2 (1,200/sq mi); Ranked 3rd; 1,296,900
Ethnicity:	96.7% White; 1.3% S. Asian ; 0.8% Mixed ; 1.2% Ither
	Politics
	Hampshire County Council; http://www.hampshire.gov.uk Archived 2006-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
Executive	Conservative
Members o Parliament	James Arbuthnot (C); Steve Brine (C); John Denham (L); Caroline Dinenage (C); Mike Hancock (LD); Damian Hinds (C); Mark Hoban (C); George Hollingbery (C); Gerald Howarth (C); Chris Huhne (LD); Julian Lewis (C); Maria Miller (C); Penny Mordaunt (C); Caroline Nokes (C); Desmond Swayne (C); Alan Whitehead (L); David Willetts (C); Sir George Young (C);
	Destricts
	Gosport; Fareham; Winchester; Havant; East Hampshire; Hart; Rushmoor; Basingstoke an Deane; Test Valley; Eastleigh; New Forest; Soothampton (Unitary); Portsmouth (Unitary);

Hampshire (/ˈhæmpʃ(ɪ)ə/; abbreviatit Hants) is a coonty on the soothren coast o Ingland in the Unitit Kinrick. The coonty toun o Hampshire is Winchester, the umwhile caipital ceety o Ingland. Hampshire is the maist populous ceremonial coonty in the Unitit Kinrick an if excludin newly formit metropolitan coonties such as the Wast Midlands, Hampshire wad be the maist populous coonty in the whole o the Unitit Kinrick. Hampshire is notable for hoosin the birthplaces o the Ryal Navy, Breetish Airmy, an Ryal Air Force. The ceremonial coonty borders Dorset tae the wast, Wiltshire tae the north-wast, Berkshire tae the north, Surrey tae the north-east, an Wast Sussex tae the east. The soothren boondary is the coastline o the Inglis Channel an the Solent, facin the Isle o Wight.

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Banner o Hampshire

Geography
Status	Ceremonial an (smawer) nan-metropolitan coonty
Region:	Sooth East Ingland
Aurie - Tot - Admin. council - Admin. aurie	Rankit 9t 3,769 km² (1,455 sq mi) Rankit 8t 3,679 km² (1,420 sq mi)
Admin HQ:	Winchester
Coonty Flouer:	Tudor Rose
ISO 3166-2:	GB-HAM
ONS code:	24
NUTS 3:	UKJ33
Demographics
Population - Tot (2011 est.) - Density - Admin. cooncil - Admin. pop.	Rankit 5t 1,743,700 463/km² (1,200/sq mi) Ranked 3rd 1,296,900
Ethnicity:	96.7% White 1.3% S. Asian 0.8% Mixed 1.2% Ither
Politics
Hampshire County Council http://www.hampshire.gov.uk Archived 2006-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
Executive	Conservative
Members o Parliament	James Arbuthnot (C) Steve Brine (C) John Denham (L) Caroline Dinenage (C) Mike Hancock (LD) Damian Hinds (C) Mark Hoban (C) George Hollingbery (C) Gerald Howarth (C) Chris Huhne (LD) Julian Lewis (C) Maria Miller (C) Penny Mordaunt (C) Caroline Nokes (C) Desmond Swayne (C) Alan Whitehead (L) David Willetts (C) Sir George Young (C)
Destricts
Gosport Fareham Winchester Havant East Hampshire Hart Rushmoor Basingstoke an Deane Test Valley Eastleigh New Forest Soothampton (Unitary) Portsmouth (Unitary)