United Kingdom: all about this country and its main places!

General Information About United Kingdom

Geography

Country territory measures 242,900 km², a postcode system is employed and the main cities are: London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Bristol, Derby. This nation's capital is London and the country shares a border with Ireland. The inhabitants speak the following languages: English.

Economy

The price for a Big Mac in this country is 3.69£ (corresponding to $4.44 USD). The local currency (GBP) is represented by the symbol £. It is ranked 6# in the world with a GDP of $3,131,377,762,925 USD in 2021.

Population

There are 65,112,000 people here, or 0.87% of the world's population. In this country, the median age is 21.00 years and the birth growth rate is around 2.39%.

Education

This nation has a number of interesting universities, including University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University College London, Imperial College London, King's College London.

Culture

Example of famous dishes in this country: Fish and chips,Chicken tikka masala (Indian-British curry). This nation has UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast, Durham Castle and Cathedral, Ironbridge Gorge, Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey, Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites.

Good to know

The domain name ".uk" is used by the country's websites, telephone numbers begin with +44, the ISO code is GB Visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom to learn more about this nation.

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