THE UNITED KINGDOM

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THE UNITED KINGDOM
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
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TERMINOLOGY
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland

• The official name for the nation informally
  referred to as Britain, and it is often
  abbreviated to "the UK".
• The term "United Kingdom" only became the
  official title in 1801, when the Act of Ireland
  united Britain and Ireland.

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Great Britain

• The biggest of the British Isles, containing
  most but not all of England, Wales and Scotland.
  It also forms part of the official title of the
  United Kingdom, in which case it means the
  political entities of England, Scotland, Wales,
  including the offshore islands which belong to
  those countries.

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England

• The biggest of the four countries making up the
  United Kingdom, and historically the most
  powerful.
• The main catch with the word and its adjective,
  "English", is its use as a substitute for
  "Britain". This gives offence to most people from
  Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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British Isles

• A geographical term referring to the islands off
  the north-west coast of continental Europe,
  including the islands of Great Britain, Ireland,
  groups such as the outer and inner Hebrides,
  Shetlands and Orkneys, and countless others.
• The southernmost islands are the Channel Islands
  (though these are not universally regarded as
  belonging to the group), and the northernmost the
  Shetlands.

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British

• Is the formal designation of the nationality of
  citizens of the United Kingdom, and of certain
  others.
• Unexceptionable when used to describe the
  English, Scottish or Welsh, but not to be used
  about those referring to themselves as Irish.

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FACTS ABOUT THE UK
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Location

• Western Europe, islands including the northern
  one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the
  North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest
  of France

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Geographic coordinates

• 54 00 N, 2 00 W

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Area

• total 244,820 sq km water 3,230 sq km
  (includes Rockall and Shetland Islands) land
  241,590 sq km

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Population

• 59,778,002 (July 2002 est.)

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Ethnic Groups

• English 81.5,
• Scottish 9.6,
• Irish 2.4,
• Welsh 1.9,
• Ulster 1.8,
• West Indian, Indian, Pakistani, and other 2.8

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Languages

• English, Welsh (about 26 of the population of
  Wales),
• Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in
  Scotland)

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National holiday

• Birthday of Queen ELIZABETH II,
• celebrated on the
• second Saturday in June

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FLAGS
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The flag of England

• The cross of St George

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The flag of Scotland

• The Saint Andrew cross

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The flag of Wales

• Y Ddraig Goch (the red dragon)

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The Flag of Northern Ireland and the United
Kingdom

• The Union Jack