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United Kingdom Capital: London Population: 60,609,153 The Geography of United Kingdom Total Size: 244,820 square km Size Comparison: slightly smaller than Oregon Geographical Coordinates: 54 00 N, 2 00 W World Region: Europe General Terrain: mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in east and southeast Geographical Low Point: The Fens -4 m Geographical High Point: Ben Nevis 1,343 m Climate: temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast The People of United Kingdom Type of Government: constitutional monarchy Languages Spoken: English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland) Independence: England has existed as a unified entity since the 10th century; the union between England and Wales, begun in 1284 with the Statute of Rhuddlan, was not formalized until 1536 with an Act of Union; in another Act of Union in 1707, England and Scotland agreed to permanently join as Great Britain; the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland was implemented in 1801, with the adoption of the name the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 formalized a partition of Ireland; six northern Irish counties remained part of the United Kingdom as Northern Ireland and the current name of the country, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, was adopted in 1927 National Holiday: the UK does not celebrate one particular national holiday Nationality: Briton(s), British (collective plural) Religions: Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census) Economy of United Kingdom Major Industries: machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing, textiles, clothing, other consumer goods Agricultural Products: cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, poultry; fish Natural Resources: coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land Major Exports: manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco Major Imports: manufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs Currency: British pound (GBP) National GDP: $1,830,000,000,000 Total Export Revenue: $372,700,000,000 Brief History of United Kingdom: As the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stret Back to Geography Home Page

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