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Official name is the United Kinfdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Capital city is London.
Mountain ranges is Ben Nevis.
Notable peaks are the Cheviot Hills, Snowdon.
The largest rivers are the Thames, the Sever and the Trent.
Climate
Mild summer,cool winters with temperatures close to freezing, except in the cold
er Scottish highland areas.
In the United Kingdom are about 60 million people.
Ethnic groups british(English, Scottish, Welsh), Irish, immigrants from former B
ritish colonies and other Europeans (Italians, Turkish, Greeks and Poles).
In agriculture devoted to: milk, beef breeding cattle, growing corn, pig,potatoe
s.
Manufacturing food and beverages , chemical and pharmaceuticals, electronic good
s, clothing, motor vehicles.
Major imported goods is food(tea, coffee, fruit, vegetables) metals and paper.
Major exported goods in machinery, petroleum, chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
Form government is Constitutional monarchy, in practice a parliamentary democrac
y.
Head of state is queen Elizabeth second.
Head of government is The Prime Minister David Cameron.
Places of interest
Oxford is the oldest university, 33 colleges, including Christ Church.
York: The York Minster(cathedral) the largest Gothic cathedral in England
Stonehenge: Prehistoric monuments- circle of huge stones-erected more than 3,500
years ago.