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THE UNITED KINGDOM

The Union Jack is a combination of the flags of St George, St Andrew and St Patrick. The flag of St George is white with a red cross. The flag of St Andrew is blue with a white diagonal cross and the flag of St Patrick is white with a red diagonal cross. The flag is normally called the Union Jack because it represents a union of countries — England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales (although the current flag does not include a flag from the latter).

The head of state is queen Elizabeth II.

The capital of the United Kingdom is London.

Famous Places in London

ENGLAND

CAPITAL: SYMBOL: COLOUR: PATRON: CURRENCY: POPULATION: LONDON ROSE WHITE ST. GEORGE http://spraszkow.prv.pl/13-ENGLISH/UK-zakres-materialu.htm POUND STERLING 50 095 000

Famous Places in England

SCOTLAND

CAPITAL: SYMBOL: COLOUR: PATRON: CURRENCY: POPULATION: EDYNBURGH THISTLE BLUE ST. ANDREW http://spraszkow.prv.pl/13-ENGLISH/UK-zakres-materialu.htm POUND STERLING 5 060 000

FAMOUS PLACES

Highland cattle or kyloe are a Scottish breed of cattle with long horns and long wavy coats which are coloured black, brindled, red, yellow or dun.

Pipes- national Scottish instruments

Princess Street- is one of the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, and its main shopping street.

Edinburgh- is the capital city of Scotland and the seat of the Scottish Parliament.

WALES

CAPITAL: SYMBOL: COLOUR: PATRON: CURRENCY: POPULATION: CARDIFF DAFFODIL or LEEK RED ST. DAVID http://spraszkow.prv.pl/13-ENGLISH/UK-zakres-materialu.htm POUND STERLING 2 952 500

Caerphilly Castle- is one of the great medieval castles of western Europe.

Cardiff Castle- is a medieval castle and Victorian architecture Gothic revival mansion, transformed from a Norman keep erected over a Roman fort in the Castle Quarter of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The Castle is a Grade I Listed Building.

Caernarfon Castle- is one of four castles in Wales that makes up the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd World Heritage Site.

Beaumaris Castle- is also part of the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd World Heritage Site.

Dolbadarn Castle is a fortification built by the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great during the early 13th century, at the base of the Llanberis Pass, in North Wales.

Cardiff Bay- is the area created by the Cardiff Barrage in South Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The regeneration of Cardiff Bay is now widely regarded as one of the most successful regeneration projects in the United Kingdom. The Bay is supplied by two rivers (Taff and Ely).

A village in Wales on the island Anglesey. Its name has 58 letters: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

NORTHERN IRELAND

CAPITAL: SYMBOL: COLOUR: PATRON: CURRENCY: POPULATION: BELFAST SHAMROCK GREEN ST. DAVID http://spraszkow.prv.pl/13-ENGLISH/UK-zakres-materialu.htm POUND STERLING 2 952 500

FAMOUS PLACES

The Parliament Buildings, known as Stormont because of its location in the Stormont area of Belfast is the seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Northern Ireland Executive. It previously housed the old Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Belfast City Hall is the civic building of the Belfast City Council Belfast City Hall is the civic building of the Belfast City Council. Located in Donegall Square, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, it faces north and effectively divides the commercial and business areas of the city centre.

A Titanic Museum is a museum for displaying exhibits about the famous steamship RMS Titanic and its related issues.

Belfast Castle is set on the slopes of Cavehill Country Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland in a prominent position 400 feet (120 m) above sea level. Its location provides unobstructed views of the city of Belfast and Belfast Lough.

Interesting & Fun Facts About the uk Great Britain is the largest island in the European continent and the ninth largest in the world. The capital and the largest city of Britain is London, while the capitals of the four countries forming the UK are London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, respectively. Christianity is the major religion practiced in Great Britain with over 5 million believers across the entire island, divided into 4.5 million in England and Wales, and 750,000 in Scotland. Although English is the most popular language in the UK, it does not have official status. The currency used in Great Britain is pound sterling.

Ben Navis, at 1,344 m (4,409 ft), is the highest point in Great Britain in Scotland, while the lowest point is the Fenlands which is 4 m below sea level. Interestingly, with a population of 60 million people, Great Britain is the third most populous island in the world, after Java and Honshû. The word British is used to refer the people belonging to the entire Great Britain, Britain for short. However, they are referred to as Welsh, Scottish, and English in their respective nations. The longest river is The Severn, measuring 322 km long, that rises in central Wales and flows through Shrewsbury, Worcester, and Gloucester in England into the Bristol Channel. Did you know that the world-famous pop music band ‘The Beatles’ that changed the music scene across the globe are from England? Britain is the only country in the world that does not have the country’s name on its postage stamps.

Surprisingly, there are more chickens than humans in England. Of all the mammal species found in Great Britain, rodents constitute 40% which include squirrels, mice, voles, rats, and the European beaver. Others comprise of rabbits, hares, hedgehogs, shrews, moles, and several bats species. The deer is the largest land-based wild animal found in Great Britain. The largest species is the red deer, followed by roe deer and fallow deer.