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Ireland

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England

Great Britain

UK-United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - an island nation in Western Europe. Great Britain - one of the largest states in Europe, nuclear power and permanent member of the UN Security Council. Heiress of the British Empire, is the largest country in the world in the XIX - early XX century.

The state is located in the British Isles (Great Britain island and the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, a large number of small islands and archipelagos, the Channel Islands, Orkney, Shetland Islands), bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and its seas. Area: total - 244 820 km ², land - 240 590 km ², inland waters -3230 km ². The highest peak - of Ben Nevis (1,343 m) - is located in the north of Scotland (Grampians), the lowest point - Fenland (-4 m).

The dominant and most numerous group of the UK population - British. About 80% of the population - the British, 15% - Scottish, Welsh (Welsh), Cornish and Irish; approx. 5% of the population - immigrants from CIS countries. English language is one of the north-western group of Germanic languages . It is widely distributed outside the United States Quite a large group (about 500 thousand) in the UK are Jews living mostly in London and other major cities.

The most numerous class of British society - the workers. For the social composition of the population of modern England is also characteristic of a high percentage of the middle strata, including officials from various categories. Among them stands a large army of clerks - clerical workers, industrial, financial and commercial enterprises.

Rolls Royce phantom coupe

Bentley Continental

Aston Martin One-77

Jaguar S-Type 

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Transportation The road network of 3,497 kilometers of main roads, 3,497 km of motorways and 344 000 km of secondary roads. In 2009, the UK has 34 million registered vehicles. The railway network has 16,116 km on the British island and 303 km in Northern Ireland, which daily transported 18,000 passengers and 1,000 freight cars.

Britain in international economic life has created her reputation as a "workshop of the world" and "the world's banker." London - one of the world's largest financial centers. The UK has an extensive network of banks and insurance companies abroad. In British Pounds produces about one fifth of all world trade. The volume of foreign trade in Great Britain is the fifth largest in the world and provides one fifth of all international passenger and freight traffic

Landmark

Big Ben

London Eye

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Stonehenge

Buckingham Palace