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(/ˈhæmpʃər/, 
i/ˈhæmpʃɪər/; abbreviated hants, archaically known as the county of southampton)
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*”hampshire” is a county on the southern coast of ‘england’ in the ‘united kingdom’*
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(the ‘county town’ of ‘hampshire’ is ‘winchester’)
(former capital city of ‘england’)
(‘hampshire’ is the most populous ‘ceremonial county’ in the ‘united kingdom’ (excluding the ‘metropolitan counties’) with almost half of the county’s population living within the ‘south hampshire’ conurbation which includes the cities of ‘southampton’ and ‘portsmouth’)
(the larger ‘south hampshire’ metropolitan area has a population of ‘1,547,000’)
(‘hampshire’ is notable for housing the birthplaces of the ‘royal navy’, ‘british army’, and ‘royal air force’)
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(it is bordered by) –>
(‘dorset’ to the west)
(‘wiltshire’ to the northwest)
(‘berkshire’ to the north)
(‘surrey’ to the northeast)
(‘west sussex’ to the east)
(the ‘southern boundary’ is the coastline of the ‘english channel’ and the ‘solent’, facing the ‘isle of wight’)
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(‘hampshire’ is the largest county in ‘south east england’ and remains the 3rd-largest ‘shire county’ in the ‘unitedkKingdom’ despite losing more land than any other ‘english county’ in all contemporary boundary changes)
(at its greatest size in 1890, ‘hampshire’ was the 5th-largest county in ‘england’)
(it now has an overall area of ‘3,700 square kilometers’ (or ‘1,400 square miles’), and measures about ’86 kilometers’ (or ’53 miles’) east–west and ’76 kilometers’ (or ’47 miles’) north–south)
(hampshire’s tourist attractions include many ‘seaside resorts’ and 2 national parks: the ‘new forest’ and the ‘south downs’ (together covering some 45% of the county))
(‘hampshire’ has a long maritime history and 2 of europe’s largest ports (‘portsmouth’ and ‘southampton’) lie on its coast)
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(the ‘county’ is famed as home of writers ‘jane austen’ and ‘charles dickens’, as well as the birthplace of engineer ‘isambard kingdom brunel’)
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