Area: 244 1 000 square kilometers (including inland waters) as of 2065438+February 2009. England 130400 km2, Scotland 78800 km2, Wales 20800 km2, Northern Ireland 14 1000 km2.
Population: 66.05 million (20 17). The official language is English, Welsh is also used in northern Wales, and Gaelic is still used in the highlands of northwest Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland. Most residents believe in Protestantism, which is mainly divided into the Church of England (also known as the Anglican Church, whose members account for about 60% of British adults) and church of scotland (also known as the Presbyterian Church, with 590,000 adults).
Capital: London, population 8.9 million (20 17). The hottest month is July and the general temperature is 13-22℃. The coldest month is 65438+ 10, and the general temperature is 2-6℃.
Currency: GBP.
Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II, born in April 1926, ascended the throne in February/952, and was crowned in June/953.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
1999 In May, Scotland and Wales elected 129 and 60-seat local councils respectively. /kloc-in July, the parliaments and governments of the two places were officially put into operation. The Scottish Parliament enjoys certain legislative and executive powers in local government affairs, justice, health, education and economic development. , but also enjoy some tax rights, you can raise the basic income tax rate by 3%.
Authorized by the British central government, Scotland held a referendum on whether to achieve independence from Britain on September 18, 2065438. The results of the referendum showed that 55% of the people opposed independence, 45% supported independence, and the referendum on "Scottish independence" was not passed. Nicola sturgeon, the current Scottish Chief Minister.
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The development of history
1-In the 5th century, the southeast of Great Britain was ruled by the Roman Empire. Post-Anglo, Saxon and Jutes invaded one after another.
Feudalism began to take shape in the 7th century.
England was unified in 829, which is called "Anglo-Saxon era" in history.
1066 William, Duke of Normandy, crossed the sea to conquer England and established the Normandy dynasty.
1536 merger of England and Wales.
/kloc-the bourgeois revolution broke out in 0/640.
1may 649 19 announced the establishment of the * * * Republic.
1660 dynasty restoration.
1688 A "glorious revolution" took place and a constitutional monarchy was established.
England 1707 merged with Scotland, 180 1 merged with Ireland.
From the 1960s of 18 to the 1930s of 19, it became the first country in the world to complete the industrial revolution.
19 14 occupied a colony11times larger than the mainland, and it was the largest colonial country, claiming to be "not imperial".
192 1 year, 26 counties in southern Ireland established a "free state", and 6 counties in the north still belonged to Britain. Britain is the leader of 53 member countries of the Commonwealth, with 13 overseas territory.
1973 65438+ 10 joined the European body in October.
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