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Wikipedia-Article "United Kingdom"

For other meanings of the terms "United Kingdom" and "UK" , see United Kingdom (disambiguation) and UK (disambiguation)
For an explanation of terms like England, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology)
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1
Flag of The United Kingdom Coat of Arms of The United Kingdom
Flag Coat of Arms
Motto: Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto)
(French for "God and my right")3
Anthem: God Save the Queen4
Location of The United Kingdom
Capital London
51°30′ N 0°7′ W
Largest city London
Official languages None; English de facto 5
Government Constitutional monarchy
Queen Elizabeth II
Tony Blair
Establishment
 18016
Area
 • Total
 • Water (%)		  
244,820 km² (77th)
1.34%
Population
 • July 2004 est.
 • 2001 census
 • Density		  
59,834,900 7 (21st)
58,789,194
246.5/km² (33rd)
GDP (PPP)
 • Total
 • Per capita		 2005 estimate
$1,825,837 million (6th)
$30,658 (18th)
HDI (2003) 0.939 (15th) – high
Currency Pound sterling (£) (GBP)
Time zone
 • Summer (DST)		 GMT (UTC+0)
BST (UTC+1)
Internet TLD .uk8
Calling code +44
1In the UK, some other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous (regional) languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, the UK's official name is as follows:
  • Welsh: Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon
  • Scottish Gaelic: An Rìoghachd Aonaichte na Breatainn Mhòr agus Eirinn a Tuath
  • Irish: Ríocht Aontaithe na Breataine Móire agus Tuaisceart na hÉireann
  • Lowland Scots: Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland
  • Cornish: An Rywvaneth Unys a Vreten Veur hag Iwerdhon Glédh

2There is also a variant for use in Scotland, see Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom for details.
3 The Royal motto used in Scotland is Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (Latin for "No-one provokes me with impunity").
4 Not official.
5Officially recognised languages, in Wales: Welsh; and in Scotland: Scottish Gaelic since 2005 Act. Norman French is also used for occasional items of official business.
6 Formed as United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Name changed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1927.
7 Official estimate provided by the UK Office for National Statistics [1].
8 ISO 3166-1 is GB, but .gb is unused

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (usually shortened to the United Kingdom or the UK) is a state situated on a collection of islands known as the British Isles off the north-western coast of continental Europe, and surrounded by the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, the Irish Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean.

The United Kingdom, often referred to simply as 'Britain', is a constitutional monarchy with a unitary state and is composed of four constituent parts: the three constituent countries of Great Britain—England, Scotland, and Wales—on the island of Britain, and the province of Northern Ireland on the island of Ireland. The UK has several overseas territories, including Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands, and has sovereignty over the Crown dependencies of the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The UK has close relationships with the fifteen other Commonwealth Realms, which share the same monarch as head of state. The UK is also one of the largest member states of the European Union and a founding partner of both the UN and NATO.

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History

Parliamentary Union of England and Scotland 1707, painting by Walter Thomas Monnington.
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Parliamentary Union of England and Scotland 1707, painting by Walter Thomas Monnington.
Main article: History of the United Kingdom

The present United Kingdom is the latest of several unions formed over the last 1000 years. Scotland and England have existed as separate political entities since the 10th century. Wales, under the control of English monarchs from the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284, became part of the Kingdom of England by the Laws in Wales Act 1535 until regaining formal status as a constituent nation in 1955. With the Act of Union 1707, the separate kingdoms of England and Scotland, having shared the same monarch since 1603, agreed to a permanent union as the Kingdom of Great Britain.

The Act of Union 1800 united the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Kingdom of Ireland, which had been gradually brought under English control between 1169 and 1691, to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Independence for the now Republic of Ireland in 1922 brought the partition of the island of Ireland, with six of the nine counties of the former province of Ulster remaining within the UK, which changed to the current name in 1929 in recognition.

The British Empire in 1897.
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The British Empire in 1897.

The United Kingdom, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing Western ideas of property, liberty, capitalism and parliamentary democracy—to say nothing of its part in advancing world literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one quarter of the Earth's surface and encompassed a third of its population - making it the largest empire in history. The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted from the effects of World War I and World War II. The second half witnessed the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous nation.

The UK has been a member of the European Union since 1973. The attitude of the present government towards further integration is conservative, with the official opposition favouring a return of some powers and competencies to the UK. It has not chosen to adopt the Euro as domestic political opinion runs strongly against such a move, whilst the government itself has not seen fit to advance membership based on a judgement of the economic costs and benefits in doing so.

See also: List of monarchs in the British Isles, History of Britain, History of England, History of Ireland, History of Scotland, History of Wales & UK local history terms
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