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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Main information

Border countries:

Continent:

Europe

Location:

8° 00' Earth longitude to 2° 00' Earth longitude

49° 00' North latitude to 62° 00' North latitude

Area:

244 820 km²

Time zone:

GMT 0

Official language:

English

Other languages: Welsh ,Scottish form of Gaelic

Currency:

Pound Sterling (£) (GBP)

Climate:

temperate climate

Cities:

Londýn (cca 7,5 mil.)
Birmingham - city (1,1 mil.)
Leeds (717 th.)
Glasgow (689 th.)
Sheffield (530 th.)
Liverpool (481 th.
Bradford (476 th.)
Edinburgh (455 th.)
Manchester - city (393 th.)
Cardiff (305 th.)

Politics

Government type:

Constitutional monarchy

The adminstrative structure:

47 boroughs, 36 counties, 29 London boroughs, 12 cities and boroughs, 10 districts, 12 cities, 3 royal boroughs

The head of state:

ELIZABETH II

Prime Minister:

Anthony C. L. BLAIR

Population:

Population:

60 270 708

Growth of population:

0,29%

Population density:

241 person/km²

Life expectancy:

Male: 75, Female: 80

Age structure:

0-14 years: 17.7% (male 5,490,592/female 5,229,691)
15-64 years: 66.5% (male 20,329,272/female 19,855,862)
65 years and over: 15.8% (male 4,063,357/female 5,472,683) (2005 est.)

Religion:

Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1%

Ethnic groups:

English 83.6%, Scottish 8.6%, Welsh 4.9%, Northern Irish 2.9%

Economics

GDP:

$1.782 trillion

Export:

manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco

Import:

manufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs

Subscriber countries:

US 15.3%, Germany 10.8%, France 9.2%, Ireland 6.8%, Netherlands 6%, Belgium 5.1%, Spain 4.5%, Italy 4.2%

Supplier countries:

Germany 13%, US 9.3%, France 7.4%, Netherlands 6.6%, Belgium 4.9%, China 4.3%, Italy 4.3%

Unemployment:

Useful information

Calling code

+44

Top level domain:

.uk

Voltage:

230 V

Important telephone numbers:

Police, fire service, ambulance 999 or 112

Informations 118118, 118500, 118120

Road traffic:

Left-hand traffic

International country code:

GBR

Car's license plate: GB

Ambassador:

Holidays

http://www.dti.gov.uk/er/bankhol.htm

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Na Příkopě 21, Myslbek Palace, Praha 1
117 19
tel: 222 240 021, 022, 023
fax: 222 243 625

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HISTORY

Scotland and England have existed as separate unified entities since the 10th century. Wales, under English control since the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284, became part of the Kingdom of England by the Act of Union 1536. More

PRESENCE

The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, with executive power exercised on behalf of the Queen by the Prime Minister and other cabinet ministers who collectively make up Her Majesty's Government. These ministers are drawn from and responsible to Parliament, the legislative body, which is traditionally considered to be "supreme" (that is, able to legislate on any matter and not bound by decisions of its predecessors). More

PHOTOGALERY