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United Kingdom
Capital:
London
Language:
English, Welsh, Scottish
Area: 244820km²
Population: 60944000
Currency: British pound (GBP)
Cities of United Kingdom
LondonEdinburghBelfastManchesterLiverpoolGlasgow
Interesting places of United Kingdom

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UK - United Kingdom

About country:United Kingdom is formed from England (9 regions), Scotland (32 counties), Velsh (22 territories), province of North Ireland (24 councils, 2 cities and 6 provinces) and other smaller territories from all over the world, except Ireland, which separated from United Kingdom in 1922.

Scotland and England are individual and solid countries, formed in the 10th century.

In the 19th century United Kingdom became the most important industrial and sea country in the world. In it's golden age it ruled about 1/4 world's territory. After two Word's Wars it became weak, in the second part of age it brouk into pieces, but nowadays is modern and increasing country.

In 1973 United Kingdom became a part of European Union.

There are the most well known Universities in united Kingdom - Cambridge and Oxford, here studed and touch famous academics -

Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and others. It is fought that famous sport are "born" in this Kingdom - football, golf, boxing, rugby, biliard... There lived and very famous writers - Agatha Christie, Charles Dickens, poet lord Byron, dramatist - William Shakespeare. Created rock's and pop's bands as The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Queen and others.

England. This is the biggest Great Britain's region and the most visiting place because of historical and ancient cities, pasturies, England's garden, theaters... Every part of England has something unique - Cornwall is the city of fishermen in the South, Shakespeare's village in the Central part, cathedrals, castles and gardens in the East, Chester and York, historical cities, in the North. Capital London is one of the most beautiful city in all Europe.

Velsh. It is legends, songs, dragons and marvelous nature's land. There are a lot of castles, huge stones, beaches, green vales and mountains (the hightest place Snowdon 1085m). Capital - Kardif.

Scotland. Is a place of huge historical batles, castles, ancient villages, but also are and a modern, cosmopolitical cities. The hightest place - Ben Nevis mountain 1343m is and the hightest place in all United Kingdom. Capital - Edinburgh.

North Ireland. There are realy great number of mountains, frut's gardens, farms, lakes, forests, ancient cities and very visiting beach. Here also is and a "Giant's road". In the capital Belfast are a lot of museums, Queens Victoria's and Edvard's epocha's buildings, gardens, visitors can find and markets,lively night life.


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