Unitit Kinrick
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Ryal motto: God an my richt (French: Dieu et mon droit) |
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Offeecial leid | Nane; Inglis de facto; Gaelic haes some legal status in Scotland, an Welsh in Wales | ||||
Caipital | Lunnon | ||||
Lairgest ceety | Lunnon | ||||
Government - Monarch - Prime Meenister |
Kinrick wi pairlament Queen Elizabeth II Tony Blair |
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Area - Tot - % watter |
244,820 km² 1.34% |
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Population - Julie 2004 - 2001 census - Density |
59,834,900 58,789,194 246.5/km² |
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Foondin | Act o Union, 1801 | ||||
Siller | Poond sterling (£) (GBP) | ||||
Time zone | UTC, Summer: UTC +1 | ||||
Naitional anthem | God Save The Queen (de facto) |
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Internet TLD | .uk | ||||
Cawin code | 44 |
The Unitit Kinrick o Graet Breetain an Northren Irland (UK) is a kintra in wastren Europe.
The UK haes fower launds: Ingland, Wales an Scotland, on the island o Graet Breetain; an Northren Irland, on the island o Irland, alang wi ither wee bits aboot the warld.
The UK haes a population o 60 million. Maist fowk in the UK spaeks Inglis, but monie ither leids is spak.
The caipital ceity o the Unitit Kinrick is Lunnon, in the sooth-aest o Ingland. The Pairlament o the Unitit Kinrick is hauden at Wastmeenster in Lunnon but Scotland hauds its ain Pairlament an Wales an Northren Ireland thair ain legislative Assemblies forbye.
[edit] History o the Unitit Kinrick
The laund o Wales wis taen ower bi Ingland in the 13t century an makkit pairt o the Kinrick o Ingland bi the Act o Union 1536.
In 1603, Elizabeth I o Ingland dee'd an Jamie the Saxt o Scotland becam James I o Ingland an aa. The Act o Union 1707 makkit the Kinrick o Graet Breetain an the Scots Pairlament wis gotten rid o.
Irland wis taen ower by Ingland atween 1169 and 1691. The Act o Union 1800 makkit the Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Irland frae the fower launds o Scotland, Ingland, Irland (aa o Irland) an Wales. There wis monie a swedge in Irland an in 1922 the Anglo-Irish Treaty makkit maist o Irland - the Irish Free State - independent o the UK. In 1927 the name of the UK wis chynged tae the Unitit Kinrick o Graet Breetain an Northren Irland.
In 1997 the Scots an Welsh fowk voted tae hae new pairlaments, thir wis estaiblisht in 1999 an haes the pouer tae govern their launds on their ain maiters alane. The Northren Irish fowk voted tae hae their ain pairlament an aa in 1998 an it wis estaiblisht, but there wis a swedge an the pairlament wis stoppit in 2002.