Hampshire

Hampshire . . The largest province in the South East of England

Hampshire is located in the province on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. 

Hampshire county town is Winchester, the former capital city of England. 

Hampshire is a ceremonial boycott the most populous in the United Kingdom with the exception of urban districts with nearly half of the county's population living within urban communities Hampshire and South, which includes the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth. 

Hampshire stand out in the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force. 

Bordered by the ceremonial county of Dorset to the west, Wiltshire to the north-west, to the north Berkshire, Surrey, Sussex to the north-east, and west to east. 

The southern border is the coast of the English Channel and the Solent, in the face of the Isle of Wight. 

Hampshire is the largest county in the South East of England and the third largest shire county in the United Kingdom despite the loss of more territory than any other province during local changes to the boundaries of the English Government Act 1972. 

In 1889 Hampshire was the fifth largest county in England. 

It now has a total area of ​​3,700 square kilometers (1,400 square miles), and measures Bhambashaar about 86 kilometers (53 miles) from east to west and 76 kilometers (47 miles) from north to south. 

Hampshire include many of the coastal tourist resorts and attractions, and car museum in Beaulieu, national parks in both New Forest and South Downs, which covers about 45% of the country. 

Hampshire has a long history in the marine and two of the largest ports in England, Portsmouth and Southampton, located on the coast. 

The region is famous as a home of these writers Jane Austen and Charles Dickens