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area: 95,958 sq miles
(248,531 sq km)
Population: 64,500,000
capital: London
Languages: English,
Welsh, Scottish Gaelic,
Irish Gaelic
Religions: Anglican,
Roman Catholic,
Presbyterian, Muslim,
Methodist
currency: Pound
sterling
Main occupations:
Finance, engineering,
oil and gas production,
manufacturing,
agriculture
Main exports: Oil,
natural gas, chemicals,
electronics, cars,
aircraft
Main imports:
Machinery, fruit and
vegetables, metals,
raw materials
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British people call the narrow
stretch of sea that separates
their country from France
the English Channel, but the
French call it La Manche,
which means “The Sleeve.”
nORth SEA OIL
the discovery of oil under the
north Sea greatly benefited the British
economy from the 1980s. Construction
and operation of the oil drilling
platforms provided many jobs, and
money from oil sales allowed the
British government to cut taxes.
EnGLAnd
area: 51,328
sq miles (132,938 sq km)
Population: 54,300,000
capital: London
SCOtLAnd
area: 30,981 sq miles
(80,240 sq km)
Population: 5,300,000
capital: Edinburgh
WALES
area: 8,195 sq miles
(21,225 sq km)
Population: 3,100,000
capital: Cardiff
nORthERn
IRELAnd (no official flag)
area: 5,456 sq miles
(14,130 sq km)
Population: 1,800,000
capital: Belfast
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