Suffolk

Suffolk
County
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Guide Our Endeavour"
Suffolk in England
Coordinates: 52°10′N 1°00′E / 52.167°N 1.000°E / 52.167; 1.000Coordinates: 52°10′N 1°00′E / 52.167°N 1.000°E / 52.167; 1.000
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	East
Established	Ancient
Ceremonial county
Lord Lieutenant	Timothy Tollemache
High Sheriff	William B Kendall (2016-17)
Area	3,798 km2 (1,466 sq mi)
• Ranked	8th of 48
Population (mid-2015 est.)	741,900
• Ranked	32nd of 48
Density	195/km2 (510/sq mi)
Ethnicity	97.2% White
Non-metropolitan county
County council	Suffolk County Council
Executive	Conservative
Admin HQ	Ipswich
Area	4,106 km2 (1,585 sq mi)
• Ranked	7th of 27
Population	741,900
• Ranked	13th of 27
Density	195/km2 (510/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2	GB-SFK
ONS code	42
GSS code	E10000029
NUTS	UKH14
Website	www.suffolk.gov.uk
Districts of Suffolk   Unitary   County council area
Districts	Ipswich Suffolk Coastal Waveney Mid Suffolk Babergh St Edmundsbury Forest Heath
Members of Parliament	List of MPs
Police	Suffolk Constabulary
Time zone	GMT (UTC)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)

Suffolk (/ˈsʌfək/) is an East Anglian county of historic origin in England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowestoft, Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket and Felixstowe, one of the largest container ports in Europe.

The county is low-lying with very few hills, and is largely arable land with the wetlands of the Broads in the north. The Suffolk Coast and Heaths are an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

By the fifth century, the Angles (after whom East Anglia and England are named) had established control of the region. The Angles later became the "north folk" and the "south folk", from which developed the names "Norfolk" and "Suffolk". Suffolk and several adjacent areas became the kingdom of East Anglia, which later merged with Mercia and then Wessex.

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