Great Britain

• area: 244 000 SQ Km

population:

• 57 milion people
• density 235 person/SQ Km
• 2% imigrants from Asia
• 90% of inhabitans live in towns
• London: – City of London 5,5 milion people

– Greater London 10 milion people

religion:

• 57% Anglican church
• 13% Roman catholic church
• 10% Islanic¨

System of Government:

• parliament is devided ino two houses: House of Lords and House of Commons
• England is a Monarchy – official head is queen or king

Language:

• official language is English language
• in Wales people speek Welsh
• in Scotland they speek Gaelic languages
• in Ireland they speek Irish galic language
• Isle of Man people speek Manx (old celthic language)

Land Surface:

• Islands: Wight, Man, Hebrides, Orkneys, Shetlands, Channel Islands
• Peninsulas: Cornwac peninsula
• Mountains: Grampian mountains – highest mountain Ben Nevis (1343 m.), Pennine Range, Cambrian Mts., Caledonian Mts.
• Rivers: The Thames, Severn, Trent, Tweed, Dee, Avon
• Lakes: England – Coniston, Ulls Water, Windermare

Scotland – Loch Ness, Lock Lomond

Climate:  – climate is oceanic influented by Golf Stream

Industry:

• Energy: 75% thermal power stations

26% nuclear power stations

• Metalurgy: irone and steel (center of metalurgy is in Highlands)
• Engeneering: – transport equipments

–   cars: Vauxhall – Rolls Royce

–   shipbuilding: Glasgow, Portsmouth, Liverpool

–   aircraft: Isle of Wight, Luton

–    Chemicals: –   processing of oil (North Sea)

–   raffineries: Kingston, Fawley, Milford Haven

–   cosmetics and pharmacy – London, Midlands

–   destileries – Scotland – Glenfiddich

England – Berweries – London, Birmingham, Edinbourg

Agriculture:

• 9% forest
• 75% arriable land
• animal production: cattle, sheep, pigs, polutry
• crops: wheat, barley, shugar beat, potatoes

 

Interesting Places in United Kingdom

London

 

Tower of London: castle with crown jewels

St. Pauls Cathedral – second biggest cathedral in the world and center of Anglican church

Tower Bridge – built in 1883, last bridge on Thames

London Bridge – oldest bridge in London

Monument – on the memory on the big fire in London

Westminster Abbey – all kings and queen of Britain were crowned there

–  many famous people and kings asr burried there

Houses of Parliamen: – two towers (Big Ben and Victoria Tower) and one hall

Buckingham Palace – seat of royal family from year 1840

Trafalgar Square – statue of Horatio Nelson and National Galery

Picadelly circus and laicester Square – two interesting places

China Town – very interesting are gates of China town

 

Museums :  Madam Tussaud, British museum, National galery, Museum of London, National historical museum

 

Castles and churches:  England:  Winsdor church, Hampton court,

Scotland:  Stirling, Edinbourg

-95% of all churches are catholic churches

Monuments: Stonehenge, Stirling bridge

Loch Ness – one big atraction

Interesting places:

• Oxford, Cambridge and St. Andrews – university towns
• York, Bath, Banockburn, Falkirk
• Cantenbury – cathedral, museum, Marlowe theatre
• Dover – White clifs, Dover castle – Key To England