4. 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.
5. 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).
6. 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.
7. 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
8. Северн
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.
9.
10. 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
