![]() Other Holidays: New Years' Day (January 1), Saint Patrick's Day (March 17), Easter, May Day (May 1), Bank Holiday, Christmas (December 25), Boxing Day (December 26) England is divided up into nine regions, Scotland into 32 council areas, Wales into 22 authorities, and Northern Ireland into 26 districts.įlag of Scotland National Holiday: the UK does not celebrate one particular national holiday 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.ĭivisions: The United Kingdom consists of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.Įach country has its own way of forming administrative divisions of the government. Government of United Kingdom Type of Government: constitutional monarchy Major Imports: manufactured goods, machinery, fuels foodstuffs Major Exports: manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals food, beverages, tobacco Natural Resources: coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land ![]() ![]() Palace of Westminster 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 goodsĪgricultural Products: cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables cattle, sheep, poultry fish Paul's Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Hyde Park, Loch Ness, Wembley Stadium, Ben Nevis, Globe Theatre, Edinburgh Castle, White Cliffs of Dover, Channel Tunnel Major Bodies of Water: Thames River, Severn River, Humber River, Lough Neagh (lake), Loch Lomond, Windermere, Bala Lake, English Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea, Celtic Sea, Atlantic Oceanįamous Places: Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, Stonehenge, Westminster Palace, London Eye, Windsor Castle, Trafalgar Square, Cotswolds, St. Major Landforms: Island of Great Britain, Island of Ireland (northern fifth), Cumbrian Mountains, Pennines, Hebrides Islands, Shetland Islands, Scottish Highlands, Ben Nevis, Highland Boundary Fault, Mourne Mountains Major Cities: LONDON (capital) 8.9 million Birmingham 2.9 million Manchester 2.8 million Leeds 2.3 million Glasgow 1.8 million (Source: Statista Urban area population 2020) Geographical High Point: Ben Nevis 1,343 mĬlimate: temperate moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current more than one-half of the days are overcast General Terrain: mostly rugged hills and low mountains level to rolling plains in east and southeast Geographical Coordinates: 54 00 N, 2 00 W Size Comparison: slightly smaller than Oregon
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