The Capital is LONDON.
The Currency is British pound or pound sterling ( 1 pound = 100 pence)
The country is devided into many administrative divisions: 47 counties, 7 metropolitan counties, 26 district, 9 regions and 3 islands areas. There are 4 bigger countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The Flag is blue with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England) edged in white superimposed on the diagonal red cross of Saint Patrick (patron saint of Ireland) which is superimposed on the diagonal white cross of Saint Andrew (patron saint
Lies near vital North Atlantic sea lanes; only 35 km from France and now being linked by tunnel under the English Channel
In UK live 57,797,514 (July 1992) people; 81.5% of that are English, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 2.4%, Welsh 1.9%, Ulster 1.8%, West Indian, Indian, Pakistani, and other 2.8%. Mostly they speak English, Welsh (26 % of population of Wales), Scottish form of Gae
60 % of labor force are in services, 27.2% in manufacturing and construction, government 8.9%, energy 2.1%, agriculture 1.2% (June 1991)
The national holiday is celebration of the Birthday of the queen (second Saturday in June).
The total area of UK is 244,820km2 of which is the 241,590 km2 of the land area (including Rockall and Shetland Island). It has 12,429 km of coast.
The clime is temperate, moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic. More than half of the days are overcast.
The terrain is mostly rugged hills and low mountains, level to rollins plains in east southeast.
The Natural resources are mostly COAL, CRUDE, OIL, NATURAL GASA, TIN LIMESTONE, IRON ORE...
29% of the land are arable land, meadows and pastures 48%; forest and woodland 9%; other 14%; includes irrigated 1%
Environment: pollution control measures improving air, water quality; because of heavily
indented coastline, no location is more than 125 km from tidal waters
UK is a constitutional monarchy. It is independent since 1 January 1801. Constitution is unwritten, partly statues, partly common law and practice
The Chief of State is Queen Elizabeth 2 (since 6 February 1952) and the head of the Government is Prime Minister John Major (since 28 November 1990).