The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (usually shortened to the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain)[5] is a country and sovereign state that lies to the north-west of the continent of Europe with the Republic of Ireland to the west.[6][7][8][9] It occupies all of the island of Great Britain and the north-east part of the island of Ireland, sharing a land border with the Republic of Ireland.
The United Kingdom is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, and its ancillary bodies of water, including the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, St George's Channel, and the Irish Sea. The United Kingdom is linked to France by the Channel Tunnel.
The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy composed of four constituent countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The current monarch is Queen Elizabeth II, who is also the Queen and Head of State of fifteen other Commonwealth Realms, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Jamaica. The Crown Dependencies of the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, formally possessions of the Crown, form a federacy with the United Kingdom collectively known as the British Islands. The UK also has fourteen overseas territories,[10] all remnants of the British Empire which at its height encompassed a quarter of the world's surface and population.
Although Britain was the foremost great power during the 19th century, the economic cost of two world wars and the decline of its empire in the latter half of the 20th century diminished Britain's status in global affairs. However, as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, a nuclear power, a member of the G8, the world's fifth largest economy, and having the second highest defence spending Britain remains an important political, economic and military world power. It is a member of the European Union and is the leading country of the Commonwealth of Nations.
* London, ~7,509,000 (though the City of London proper is one of the smallest cities in England)Other major cities with urban area populations in excess of 250,000 inhabitants are Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, Manchester, Edinburgh, Leicester, Coventry, Kingston upon Hull, Cardiff, Belfast, Bradford, Stoke on Trent, Wolverhampton and Nottingham.
There is considerable dispute over which is the second city. During the last 100 years that title has traditionally been applied to Birmingham, the second largest
At the time of the 2001 Census, the Office for National Statistics defined the Greater London Urban Area as being made up of the following localities.
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London Gatwick Airport [13]
London Heathrow Airport [19]
London Luton Airport [4]
London Stansted Airport [7]
Edinburgh Airport [1]
Manchester Airport [12]
Bournemouth Airport [26]
Glasgow Airport [3]
Cardiff Airport [12]
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* London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
* London Borough of Barnet
* London Borough of Bexley
* London Borough of Brent
* London Borough of Bromley
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* London Borough of Greenwich
* London Borough of Hackney
* London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
* London Borough of Haringey
* London Borough of Harrow
* London Borough of Havering
* Hemel Hempstead *
* London Borough of Hillingdon
* Hoddesdon *
* London Borough of Hounslow
* London Borough of Islington
* Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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* Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
* London Borough of Lambeth
* Leatherhead *
* London Borough of Lewisham
* City of London
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* London Borough of Merton
* London Borough of Newham
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* London Borough of Redbridge
* London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
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* London Borough of Southwark
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* London Borough of Sutton
* London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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* London Borough of Waltham Forest
* Walton and Weybridge *
* London Borough of Wandsworth
* Watford *
* West End *
* City of Westminster
* Windlesham *
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Greater London is divided into 32 London boroughs, each governed by a London borough council; and the City of London, which has a unique government dating back to the 12th century. They are often considered as unitary authorities but not named as such. All London borough councils belong to the London Councils association. Two London boroughs, Kensington and Chelsea, and Kingston, carry the purely honorific title of Royal borough.
1. City of London
2. City of Westminster
3. Kensington and Chelsea
4. Hammersmith and Fulham
5. Wandsworth
6. Lambeth
7. Southwark
8. Tower Hamlets
9. Hackney
10. Islington
11. Camden
12. Brent
13. Ealing
14. Hounslow
15. Richmond
16. Kingston
17. Merton
18. Sutton
19. Croydon
20. Bromley
21. Lewisham
22. Greenwich
23. Bexley
24. Havering
25. Barking and Dagenham
26. Redbridge
27. Newham
28. Waltham Forest
29. Haringey
30. Enfield
31. Barnet
32. Harrow
33. Hillingdon
The government's Department for Transport oversees the well-developed transport system in the United Kingdom. A radial road network of 29,145 miles (46,632 km) of main roads is centred on London, Edinburgh and Belfast, whilst, in Great Britain, a motorway network of 2,173 miles (3,477 km) is centred on Birmingham and London. There are a further 213,750 miles (342,000 km) of paved roads.
The National Rail network of 10,072 route miles (16,116 route km) in Great Britain and 189 route miles (303 route km) in Northern Ireland carries over 18,000 passenger and 1,000 freight trains daily. Urban rail networks are also well developed in London and several other cities.
Heathrow Airport is the world's busiest international airport, and being an island nation the UK has a considerable network of ports, which received over 558 million tonnes of goods in 2003
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