The official name of this country is the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. the country is situated on the british isles in the north-west of europe. it is washed by the irish sea, the north sea, the atlantic ocean, the arctic ocean. the territory of the united kingdom is about 244 000 square kilometers. the population is over 56 million. the capital of great britain is london. there are 4 historical parts in the uk: 1. england. 2. scotland. 3. wales. 4. northern ireland. in the uk there are the mountains of ben nevis, ben mac dui, braeriach, cairn toul, aonach beag and others. in great britain, there are many rivers, and the longest are severn, thames and trent. there are many lakes in the uk. lough neagh is the largest pond in the uk by area, and loch ness is the largest in terms of volume. loch morar is the deepest lake in the uk, and loch awe has the maximum length. the united kingdom belongs to the temperate continental climate of the marine type, which is characterized by warm winter and a cool summer. the temperature here rarely rises to +30 and falls below -10. the main features of the weather in the uk are the instability and abundance of precipitation caused by the frequent passage of cyclones. rain and sun can replace each other in a matter of minutes, especially in the fall. great britain is famous for its clouds and fogs. here, more than half of all the days in the year are cloudy. primary branches of the industry of great britain – production and oil refining gas industry mining metallurgical industry power industry chemical industry textile industry mechanical engineering the capitals of the states belonging to the united kingdom are london, edinburgh, belfast and cardiff. other major cities are glasgow, swansea, birmingham, liverpool, manchester, bradford, leeds, sheffield, oxford, cambridge. the head of state is the queen elizabeth ii. political system - constitutional monarchy. the largest political parties are - the conservative party, the labour party, the party of liberal democrats. sights in great britain - trafalgar square, big ben, the white tower, westminster abbey, buckingham palace, tower bridge, hyde park, british museum, the beatles museum, lake loch ness and its resident, edinburgh castle, maritime museum of titanic belfast, giant*s causeway, snowdonia national park, pontcysyllte aqueduct. national holidays. new year holiday, day st. valentine’s, day st. patrick’s, day queen’s birthday, halloween, christmas, easter, holiday night gay fox, labor day. famous people of great britain - oliver cromwell, winston churchill, thomas more, arthur conan doyle, herbert wells, william shakespeare, john lennon, stephen hawking, charlie chaplin, bobby moore, john tolkien, alex ferguson, daniel day-lewis, sean connery, bobby charlton, ian mckellen, princess diana, queen victoria. national meal. fish and deep-fried potatoes, cucumber sandwich, cumberland sausages, eccles puff, haggis, liquid oatmeal, whiskey, leek soup with potatoes, bread from red algae, welsh reibit, celtic steak, boxty shepherd's pie. national sports in the uk are football, cricket, tennis, rugby, golf, snooker, squash.

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