Map of the United kingdom

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Flag and Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom

Flag and Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom

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England

Royal Coat
of Arms of England

Flag of England

England Royal Coat of Arms of England Flag of England

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Scotland

Flag of Scotland

Royal Coat of Arms of Scotland

Scotland Flag of Scotland Royal Coat of Arms of Scotland

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Wales

Flag of Wales

Coat of Arms of Wales

Wales Flag of Wales Coat of Arms of Wales

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Northern Ireland


Former Flag of Northern Ireland

Former Coat of Arms of Northern

Northern Ireland Former Flag of Northern Ireland Former Coat of Arms of Northern Ireland
Ireland

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Population

Trafalgar Square in London is one of the most famous public places

Population Trafalgar Square in London is one of the most famous public
in the United Kingdom.

At the April 2001 UK Census, the United Kingdom’s population was 58 789 194

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Currency

The currency of the UK is the pound sterling, represented by

Currency The currency of the UK is the pound sterling, represented by the symbol £
the symbol £

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Literature

The countries that make up the United Kingdom have provided some

Literature The countries that make up the United Kingdom have provided some
of the world's most notable and popular authors, poets and literary figures. The English playwright and poet William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language

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Sport

The Wimbledon Championships are international tennis events held in Wimbledon in

Sport The Wimbledon Championships are international tennis events held in Wimbledon in
south London every summer and are regarded as the most prestigious of the tennis calendar.

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Culture of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom contains some of the

Culture of the United Kingdom The United Kingdom contains some of the
world's leading seats of higher education, such as the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, along with Imperial College, the London School of Economics and University College (UCL) of the University of London

University of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Administrative subdivisions

Manchester Town Hall. Many towns and cities in the UK

Administrative subdivisions Manchester Town Hall. Many towns and cities in the UK
have impressive town or city hall buildings as administrative headquarters for local government

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Economy

The City of London is a major business and commercial centre, overtaking

Economy The City of London is a major business and commercial centre,
New York City as the leading centre of global finance. Based on market exchange rates, the United Kingdom is the fifth largest economy in the world, and the second largest in Europe after Germany.

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Religion

The UK is today a predominantly secular country with only 38% of

Religion The UK is today a predominantly secular country with only 38%
the population believing in a God. People identify themselves with religion in the UK for both cultural and religious reasons and this is reflected by the disparity between the figures for those believing in a god and those identifying themselves with a particular religion.

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Language

Though the UK does not have a de jure official language, the

Language Though the UK does not have a de jure official language,
predominant spoken language is English. This is a West Germanic language, descended from Old English, featuring a large number of borrowings from Old Norse and Norman.

Countries where English has official or de facto official language status.

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Climate

England has a temperate climate, with plentiful rainfall all year round, though

Climate England has a temperate climate, with plentiful rainfall all year round,
the seasons are quite variable in temperature. However, temperatures rarely fall below −4 °C and will only rise above 32 °C in the height of the summer. The prevailing wind is from the southwest, bringing mild and wet weather to England regularly, from the Atlantic Ocean. It is driest in the east, warmest in the southwest in winter (closest to Atlantic currents), and warmest in the southeast in summer (closest to the European mainland). Snowfall can occur in winter and early spring, though it is not that common away from high ground.
The highest temperature recorded in England is 38.5 °C on 10 August 2003 at Brogdale, near Faversham, Kent. The lowest temperature ever recorded in England is −26.1 °C on 10 January 1982 at Edgmond, near Newport, Shropshire.

The panorama across Eskdale from Ill Crag, in the Lake District

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Law

The United Kingdom has three distinct systems of law. English law, which

Law The United Kingdom has three distinct systems of law. English law,
applies in England and Wales, and Northern Ireland law, which applies in Northern Ireland, are based on common-law principles. Scots law, which applies in Scotland, is a hybrid system based on both common-law and civil-law principles. The Act of Union 1707 guarantees the continued existence of a separate law system for Scotland.

Parliament House, Edinburgh is the seat of the supreme courts of Scotland

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Government and politics

Parliament is the national legislature of the United Kingdom.

Government and politics Parliament is the national legislature of the United Kingdom.
It is the ultimate legislative authority in the United Kingdom, according to the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty (however, questions over sovereignty have been brought forward because of the UK's membership of the European Union).It is bicameral, composed of the elected House of Commons and the unelected House of Lords, whose members are mostly appointed. The House of Commons is the more powerful of the two houses. The House of Commons houses 646 members who are directly elected from single-member constituencies based on population. The House of Lords has around 700 members (though the number is not fixed), constituted of life peers, hereditary peers, and bishops of the Church of England. (Note: the House of Lords Act 1999 removed the automatic inheritance of seats in the Lords and permitted 92 hereditary peers to remain.) The Church of England is the established church of the state in England only.

The Mall looking onto Buckingham Palace, the official residence of the British Monarch.

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