Country Facts: United Kingdom

Country: United Kingdom

Official name: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelan (UK)

Demonym: London

The United Kingdom is a unitary state that consists of four countries: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

England's Capital: London

Scotland's Capital: Edinburgh

Northern Ireland's Capital: Belfast

Wales' Capital: Cardiff

United Kingdom's Largest City: London

Other Big Cities in the UK: Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Bristol, Manchester

Popular Tourist Destinations in the United Kingdom: London, Stonehenge, York Minster, Portmeirion, Stratford-upon-Avon, Bath, Warwick, Edinburgh

Official language(s): English

Total Area: 243,610 square kilometres

Population: about 62 mn

Official Currency: Pound sterling (GBP)

International Dialing Code: 355

Time zone: GMT (UTC+0); Summer (DST) - BST (UTC+1)

Government: Unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy

Counties: the United Kingdom is divided into 70 counties - Avon, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Borders, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Central, Cheshire, Cleveland, Clwyd, Cornwall, County Antrim, County Armagh, County Down, County Fermanagh, County Londonderry, County Tyrone, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Dumfries and Galloway, Durham, Dyfed, East Sussex, Essex, Fife, Gloucestershire, Grampian, Greater Manchester, Gwent, Gwynedd County, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Highlands and Islands, Humberside, Isle of Wight, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Lothian, Merseyside, Mid Glamorgan, Norfolk, North Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Powys, Rutland, Shropshire, Somerset, South Glamorgan, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Strathclyde, Suffolk, Surrey, Tayside, Tyne and Wear, Warwickshire, West Glamorgan, West Midlands, West Sussex, West Yorkshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire.

Europe Travel Directory: United Kingdom, London

More United Kingom resources: Wikipedia, CIA, Free UK Classifieds, FCO.