英语国家概况知识点总结

英语国家概况知识点总结

Full name: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Others names: The United Kingdom /The UK/Britain/The Great Britain/The British Lion/England/The British Isles

British Isles: 范围最大，包含了大不列颠岛和爱尔兰岛及其附近的许多小岛

U K : Includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Great Britain: Includes only England, Scotland and Wales

Area : 242,514 square kilometers (93,635square miles) Population: about 60,587,300

National capital: London

National Flag: The Union Jack

National Anthem: God Save the Queen/King

Components:

England:

1.The largest and the most populated country of UK. It occupies more than

half the island of Great Britain.

2.Area: 130,281 square kilometers (5

3.7 percent)

3. Population: 50,762,900(83.8 percent) 401 people per square kilo

4. Capital: London (the seat of government, center of business, the heart of arts

and culture, dominates England just like England dominates The

UK)

Scotland:

1.The second largest of the four nations both in area and population .no longer

has a separate legislature and executive, and its economy is integrated into

that of the rest of Britain. But it does have a separate administration,

different legal and educational systems as well as its Presbyterian national

church. Above all it has retained much of its distinct cultural identity.

2.area: 77,925 square kilometers(32.1 percent)

3.population: 5,116,900 (8.4persent) 65 people per square kilo

4.capital: Edinburgh (on the east cost represent the capital of the

region)

5.the l argest city is Glasgow (In the west)

Wales:

1. A peninsular jutting from England into the Irish Sea, and is the smallest

among the three nations on the island of Britain. And has been dominated by

England for longer period than the other three nations since its officially

union with England in 1536(actually England has ruled Wales in 1343 but

not officially recognized)

2.area: 20732 square kilometers (8.5percent)

3.population: 2,965,900(

4.9persent) 142 people per square kilo

4.capital: Cardiff (southern Wales) serving as an important seaport and

industrial center

5.Wales retained a unique cultural social and economic development,

notably its national language, Welsh, and a devolved Welsh Assembly Northern Ireland:

1.Often referred to as the province of Ulster, is part of the island Ireland located

in its northeast corner. And is the smallest both in area and population among the four nations of the UK.

2.area: 13,576square kilometers (5.7 percent of the UK and one six of the island