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BrownieK
English / L1F8
by BrownieK on Sept. 1, 2021
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The official name of the country is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland. The UK countries are England, Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland. The head of state in the UK is Queen Elizabeth II, who came to the throne
in 1952. The head of government is the Prime Minister. At the moment, it’s Boris
Johnson, who became Prime Minister in 2019.
The area of the country is 241,930 sq km.
The population of the UK was 68,038,710 people in 2020. The capital and
the largest city is London. In 2020 its population was 7,556,900. Other large cities
are Birmingham with 984,333 people; Liverpool with the population of 864,122
people; Bristol – 617,280; Glasgow with 591,620 people; Edinburgh, the capital
of Scotland, which had 464,990 people; Leeds – 455,123; Cardiff, the capital of
Wales – 447,287; Manchester – 395,515; Bradford – 299,310; Belfast, the capital
of Northern Ireland – 274,770 people.
The monetary unit of the country is pound sterling (£)

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