UNITED KINGDOM
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1. THE UK
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as
the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a sovereign country located off the north-
western coast of the European mainland. The United Kingdom includes the island
of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller
[Link] Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a land
border with another sovereign state, the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land
border, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to
the east, the English Channel to the south and the Celtic Sea to the south-west, giving it
the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea separates Great Britain and
Ireland. The United Kingdom's 242,500 square kilometres (93,600 sq mi) were home to
an estimated 66.0 million inhabitants in [Link] United Kingdom is
a unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional [Link]
current monarch is Queen Elizabeth II, who has reigned since 1952, making her the
world's longest-serving current head of [Link] United Kingdom's capital and largest
city is London, a global city and financial centre with an urban area population of 10.3
[Link] major cities
include Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds and Liverpool.
2. THE UNION JACK
• St. Andrew’s Cross (Scotland)
• St. George’s Cross (England)
• St. Patrick’s Cross (Ireland)
3. GEOGRAPHY OF THE UK
The total area of the United Kingdom is approximately 244,820 square kilometres
(94,530 sq mi). The country occupies the major part of the British Isles
archipelago and includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern one-sixth of
the island of Ireland and some smaller surrounding islands. It lies between the
North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea with the south-east coast coming within
22 miles (35 km) of the coast of northern France, from which it is separated by
the English [Link] 1993 10 per cent of the UK was forested, 46 per cent used for
pastures and 25 per cent cultivated for agriculture.[144] The Royal Greenwich
Observatory in London was chosen as the defining point of the Prime Meridian[145]
in Washington in 1884, though it no longer is.[146]
The United Kingdom lies between latitudes 49° and 61° N, and longitudes 9° W
and 2° E. Northern Ireland shares a 224-mile (360 km) land boundary with the
Republic of Ireland.[143] The coastline of Great Britain is 11,073 miles (17,820 km)
long.[147] It is connected to continental Europe by the Channel Tunnel, which at 31
miles (50 km) (24 miles (38 km) underwater) is the longest underwater tunnel in
the world.[148
4. BRITISH FOOD
The main course is
Breakfast.
British food is unhealthy
because all the food is
Fish and fried.
chips
Yorkshire
Pudding
Roast
Beef
5. THE CLIMATE
In Britain, is usually
rainy and windy.
The average temperature
is between -11ºC and 35ºC.
6. drive
They DRIVING
on the IN THE UK
left because in the
antiquity, when they
were fighting
ridding a horse,
in the right hand
they took the sword,
and with the left
hand they took the rains.
7. SPORTS IN THE UK
CRICKET
RUGBY
FOOTBALL
tennis
ACTORS
Daniel Radcliffe
Charlie
Chaplin Sean Connery
FILMS
POETS
Thomas More
John Milton
William Shakespeare
DRAMATISTS
William Shakespeare
Mary Shelley
Cristopher Marlowe
NOVELISTS
Geoffrey Chaucer
Samuel Richardson
Jane Austen
West End Theatre is
a popular term
for mainstream
professional
theatre staged
in the large
theatres of
London's ‘
Theatreland', the
West End.
9. POLITICS
The Queen of the UK is Elizabeth II.
The Prime Minister is David Cameron.
He belong to the Conservative Party.
10. The UK is member of the European
Union.
