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Country name: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK for short).

Welsh: teyrnas unedig prydain fawra gogle DD iwerddon

Scottish Gaelic: In a village in mu thuath.

Irish: rí ocht aontai the na breath aine mó ire

Scottish: Agus thuaise arté ire ann unity of British Kingdom and Norlin Airland

Interpretation of the country name: "Britain" means "colorful" in Celtic. Because some English people moved to France, they called the mainland Great Britain.

National flag: it is a horizontal rectangle with an aspect ratio of 2:1. This is a "meter" flag, which consists of a dark blue background and red and white "meters". The red cross with a white border in the national flag represents St George, the patron saint of England, St Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland and St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. This flag was made in 180 1, and it was formed by overlapping the original English white red plus ten flags, the Scottish blue and white cross flag and the Irish white red cross flag.

National emblem: the national emblem of Britain. The central pattern is a coat of arms, and the upper left corner and lower right corner of the shield are three golden lions with a red background, symbolizing England; In the upper right corner is a red lion standing on the golden ground, symbolizing Scotland; In the lower left corner is the golden harp on the blue ground, symbolizing Northern Ireland. On both sides of the coat of arms are a lion wearing a crown representing England and a unicorn representing Scotland. There is a motto written in French around the coat of arms, which means "evil is rewarded with evil, and evil with evil"; There is a guardian medal hanging at the bottom, and the ribbon says "God has God, I have rights". At the top of the coat of arms is a gold and silver helmet inlaid with jewels, an imperial crown and a crowned lion.

National anthem: "God Bless the Queen" (if the incumbent is a male monarch, the national anthem is changed to "God Bless the King").

Area: 244 100 km2

Population: 60.2 million (June 2005). According to statistics in 2006, the population of Britain is about 60.6 million, and now the total population of Britain is about 60.78 million. Among them, there are 4910.8 million people in England, 2.9 million people in Wales, 5.06 million people in Scotland and 0/0.69 million people in Northern Ireland (5438+0 in 2006). The official and common language is English. Welsh is also spoken in northern Wales, and Gaelic is still spoken in parts of the northwest highlands of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Most residents believe in Protestantism, mainly divided into the Church of England (also known as the Anglican Church, whose members account for about 60% of the British adults) and church of scotland (also known as the Presbyterian Church, with 660,000 adults). In addition, there are Catholic churches and larger religious groups, such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism and Islam.

British counties and jurisdictions:

Metropolitan counties: Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tynwall, West Midlands and West Yorkshire.

Non-metropolitan counties: Evan, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridge, Cheshire, Cleveland, Cornwall, cambria, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Durham, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, hereford-Worcester, Hertfordshire, Humberside, Isle of Wight, Kent, Lancashire.

County names: Lloyd, Duffy, Gwentel, Gwynneth, Central glamorgan, powys, South glamorgan, Morgan and Siegra.

Jurisdiction: Bodes, Central China, Dunferris-galloway, Fife, Grampian, Highland, Lothian, Strathclyde and Teside.

Island area: orkney, Shetland, Western Islands.

Northern Ireland is divided into six counties.

County names: antrim, Ama, Tang, Fermana, London, Delhi and Tyrone.

Capital: London; Population: 7 172036(200 1 year). The hottest month is July, and the general temperature is 13℃ ~ 22℃. The coldest month is 65438+ 10 month, and the general temperature is 2℃~6℃. In April 2006, Beijing and London became sister cities.

National Day: There is no traditional national day in Britain, only the Queen's "official birthday". Queen Elizabeth II's real birthday is April 2 1, 1926, and her "official birthday" is scheduled for Saturday near June 1 1 every year. At this time of year, the weather in London, which has always been known as the "foggy city", is also better. Its main activity is for the Queen to personally review the "flag salute determinant". Because Saturday is not a working day, it is not a holiday.

State dignitaries: the head of state is Queen Elizabeth II; The head of government is Gordon Brown, leader of the Labour Party.

National flower: rose

National bird: red-breasted pigeon

National stone: diamond