The official capital of the United Kingdom is London

Gastronomic in the United kingdom

What to eat in the United kingdom

They are many delights, of all the types and for all the gostos - also for the vegetarians: England has one of the biggest populations of vegetarians of the world. If you not dismissal a net of fast food, go yes to find McDonald' s, Hut Pizza and similar.

Pret-a-Manger

Pret-a-Manger: better option for who wants something natural, cheap and fast

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Sunday Roast

English Breakfast

The classic coffee-of - English morning includes eggs, bacon, sausage, grilled tomatoe, beans and torradas. In the Esccia, coffee-of morning still includes oats, with pitada of salt, and to the times until a cured fish. In the Country of Wales, beyond the English options, the coffee can include laverbread, a vegetable similar to spinach. In Ireland, them they add a potato bread species with honey.

Bangers and Mash

Total area: 243,610 Km demographic Density: 245,5 inhabitants/km Population: 62,04 million inhabitants (estimative from 2010).

Languages of the United Kingdom: English (official) Welsh (Wales) Gaelic (Northern Ireland and Scotland)

The United Kingdom is located in the coast of the northwest of the continental Europe. The United kingdom includes the island of Great-Britain, the northeast part of the island of Ireland, besides many other minor islands.

Neighbouring countries England has two terrestrial borders, one with Scotland, that extends for 96 km and another one with Wales, that extends for 257 km.

ECONOMY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM:

Agricultural products: wheat, barley, potato, beetroot. Cattle: bovines, ovines, swines. Mining: coal, natural gas, oil, calcareous rock. Industry: nourishing, equipment of transport, machines (not electric), chemistry, steel mill. The GIP: US$ 2,18 trillions (estimative 2009)

The United kingdom is an union politics of four constituent nations: Scotland, England, Ireland of the North and Country of Wales.

The History of the United kingdom starts with the formation of this State with the Acts of Union of 1707, that they had added the parliament of the kingdoms of England and the scotland in order to create Great-Britain. Later, the Act of Union of 1800 congregated Great-Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland to establish the United kingdom of Great-Britain and Ireland.

In 1922, with the independence of the Irish Free State (immediate predecessor of the current Republic of Ireland), Ireland of the North remained under jurisdiction of the United kingdom, reason for which, since 1927, the official name of that State is the United kingdom of Great-Britain and Ireland of the North, comment shortened the United kingdom.

RELIGION: Christianity 80% (catholics 21%, anglicanos 20%, presbiterianos 14%, Methodists 5%, baptists 3%, other Christians 17%), islamismo 11%, sikhismo 4%, hindusmo 2%, judaism 1%, others 2%

The United kingdom if detaches for the some tourist options directed, mainly, toward the Art, History and Culture. They are some options of theaters, historical parks, monuments, museums, natural galleries of art, towers, landscapes, old architecture, etc.

MAIN TOURIST POINTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Big Ben of London

Cathedral of Glasgow

Castle of Caerphilly

Dunluce castle

The United kingdom of GreatBritain and Norte of Ireland is member of the G8, NATO, United Nations and the European Union since 1973.

Curiosidades on the United kingdom:

- The tea is the drink most popular in the United kingdom - the dutches had brought the first teas for the Europe

Nome: Jos Carlos Escola: Rumos Disciplina: Ingls Professora: Sofia Leitao