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UNITED KINGDOM IN
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The United Kingdom (UK)
is a small yet widely diversified country located in the northern hemisphere of
the globe. The UK has a total area of approximately 243,600 square kilometers,
and of these 243,600 square kilometers three fourths (182,700 km2) of
it is used for farming.
The most recognizable
icons of the UK are Big Ben, Buckingham palace and its famous red double decker
buses. The UK is geographically known for not only being an island but one that
consists of many smaller islands such as, the isles of Wight and Anglesey, and
the archipelago’s of Scilly, Orkney, Shetland, Hebridean. The landscape of the
UK is a constant of gentle rolling hills which surrounds its major cities. Due
to the UK’s geographical size It is surrounded by four different seas, they are
the English channel, the north sea, the Irish sea and the Atlantic ocean it is
because of this that it is said that there is no place in the UK where a person
is more than 120km from the sea.
The UK is a country that
is enriched with both diversity and history. The UK currently has the worlds’
oldest and largest castle that is still in use by its monarch. Their current
population is at 62 million people 500,000 of which are Chinese. Its capital
city is London with a population of 7.4 million people and is considered to be
one the world’s top ten largest financial centers. Other major cities include:
Birmingham and Liverpool which has a collective population of 3 million people.
The UK does not only
mean England, as the UK is made up of four countries which are: Northern
Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. The UK is well known for its excellent
education institutions and its elaborate and efficient public transportation
system.

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