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The official name of the UK is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". Land area: 93, 278 sq mi (241, 590 sq km); total area: 94, 526 sq mi (244, 820 sq km) Population: 61, 284, 806 The United Kingdom, consisting of Great Britain (England, Wales, and Scotland ) and Northern Ireland

The Union Flag, popularly known as the Union Jack, symbolises the union of the countries of the UK. It is made up of the individual flags of three countries in the Kingdom. It is called the Union Flag because it symbolises the administrative union of the countries of the United Kingdom. It is made up up of the individual Flags of three of the Kingdom's countries all united under one Sovereign - the countries of 'England, of 'Scotland' and of 'Northern Ireland' (since 1921 only Northern Ireland has been part of the United Kingdom). As Wales was not a Kingdom but a Principality it could not be included on the flag.

BRITISH CURRENCY

POPULATION The population is very unequally distributed over the four parts of the UK: England 84% of the total population, Wales around 5%, Scotland 8. 5 %, and Northern Ireland (since 1921) less than 3%. England 51. 1 million Northern Ireland 1. 8 million Scotland 5. 1 million Wales 3. 0 million United Kingdom 60, 975, 000

WEATHER Britain is an island country and the surrounding sea gives England a varied climate. We never know what the weather will be like from one day to the other. It can be sunny one day and rainy the next. As we have such a variable climate changing from day to day, it is difficult to predict the weather. In general we have warm summers and cool winters. Our summers are cooler than those on the continent, but the winters are milder.

FOOD "Harry’s mouth fell open. The dishes in front of him were now piled with food. He had never seen so many things he liked to eat on one table: roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops and lamb chops, Yorkshire pudding, peas, carrots, gravy, ketchup and, for some strange reason, mint humbugs. " Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, J. K. Rowling

HOUSES IN ENGLAND The main types of houses in England are: Detached (a house not joined to another house) Semi-detached (two houses joined together) Terrace (several houses joined together) Flats (apartments)

ENGLAND The capital is London. England - St. George and the Rose The national flower of England is the rose. The flower has been adopted as England’s emblem since the time of the Wars of the Roses - civil wars (1455 -1485) between the royal house of Lancaster (whose emblem was a red rose) and the royal house of York (whose emblem was a white rose).

POPULAR PLACES IN ENGLAND London Stratford upon Avon Oxford Cambridge Liverpool Dover

SCOTLAND The capital is Edinburgh Scotland - St. Andrew - the Thistle and Scottish Bluebell The national flower of Scotland is the thistle, a prickly-leaved purple flower which was first used in the 15 th century as a symbol of defence. The Scottish Bluebell is also seen as the flower of Scotland.

POPULAR PLACES IN SCOTLAND Edinburg Loch - ness Glasgow High lands Highlands games Bagpipers

WALES The capital is Cardiff. Wales - St. David and the Daffodil The national flower of Wales is the daffodil, which is traditionally worn on St. David’s Day. The vegetable called leek is also considered to be a traditional emblem of Wales.

POPULAR PLACES IN WALES Snowdonia Caerphilly Castle Cardiff Green Bridge Cardif - Swanses

NORTHER IRELAND The capital is Belfast Northern Ireland - St. Patrick and the Shamrock The national flower of Northern Ireland is the shamrock, a three-leaved plant similar to clover. An Irish tale tells of how Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Trinity. He used it in his sermons to represent how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of the same entity. His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast day.

NORTHERN IRELAND Giants Causeway Belfast castle St. Patric´s Day Londonderry Northern Ireland coast

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