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United-Kingdom UNITED-KINGDOM More about United-Kingdom Airlines in United-Kingdom Airports in United-Kingdom Beer in United-Kingdom Cities in United-Kingdom Climate in United-Kingdom Current weather in United-Kingdom Hotels in United-Kingdom Information about travelling to United-Kingdom United-Kingdom is located in Western Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France Facts about United-Kingdom Population 60,943,912 (July 2008 est Capital London Time zone UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begin Location Western Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France General info about United-Kingdom As the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earth's surface. The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars and the Irish republic withdraw from the union. The second half witnessed the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous European nation. As one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council, a founding member of NATO, and of the Commonwealth, the UK pursues a global approach to foreign policy; it currently is weighing the degree of its integration with continental Europe. A member of the EU, it chose to remain outside the Economic and Monetary Union for the time being. Constitutional reform is also a significant issue in the UK. The Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly were established in 1999, but the latter was suspended until May 2007 due to wrangling over the peace process. Languages spoken English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland) What about drugs? producer of limited amounts of synthetic drugs and synthetic precursor chemicals; major consumer of Southwest Asian heroin, Latin American cocaine, and synthetic drugs; money-laundering center Ethnic division white (of which English 83.6%, Scottish 8.6%, Welsh 4.9%, Northern Irish 2.9%) 92.1%, black 2%, Indian 1.8%, Pakistani 1.3%, mixed 1.2%, other 1.6% (2001 census) HIV/AIDS prevalence rate 0.2% (2001 est.) Climate temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast Resources coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land Economy The UK, a leading trading power and financial center, is one of the quintet of trillion dollar economies of Western Europe. Over the past two decades, the government has greatly reduced public ownership and contained the growth of social welfare programs. Agriculture is intensive, highly mechanized, and efficient by European standards, producing about 60% of food needs with less than 2% of the labor force. The UK has large coal, natural gas, and oil resources, but its oil and natural gas reserves are declining and the UK became a net importer of energy in 2005; energy industries now contribute about 4% to GDP. Services, particularly banking, insurance, and business services, account by far for the largest proportion of GDP while industry continues to decline in importance. Since emerging from recession in 1992, Britain's economy enjoyed the longest period of expansion on record during which time growth outpaced most of Western Europe. The global economic slowdown, tight credit, and falling home prices, however, pushed Britain back into recession in the latter half of 2008 and prompted the BROWN government to implement a number of new measures to stimulate the economy and stabilize the financial markets; these include part-nationalizing the banking system, cutting taxes, suspending public sector borrowing rules, and bringing forward public spending on capital projects. The Bank of England periodically coordinates interest rate moves with the European Central Bank, but Britain remains outside the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), and opinion polls show a majority of Britons oppose joining the euro. Environment continues to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (has met Kyoto Protocol target of a 12.5% reduction from 1990 levels and intends to meet the legally binding target and move toward a domestic goal of a 20% cut in emissions by 2010); by 2005 the government reduced the amount of industrial and commercial waste disposed of in landfill sites to 85% of 1998 levels and recycled or composted at least 25% of household waste, increasing to 33% by 2015 Cities in United-Kingdom National airlines Aurigny Air Services -Channel Islands airline website BAC Express Airlines airline website British Airways airline website British Midland airline website easyJet airline website First Choice airline website Thompson Fly airline website Virgin Atlantic Airways airline website Airports in United-Kingdom RAF Station ABB Dyce ABZ Andover ADV RAF Station AYH Bembridge BBP RAF Station BEX Belfast International Airport BFS Belfast City Airport BHD International BHX Blackpool BLK International BOH Biggin Hill BQH Bradford BRF Bristol BRS Brighton BSH Burtonwood BUT Bentwaters St BWY RAF Station BZZ Machrihanish CAL Carlisle CAX Cambridge CBG Chester CEG Cromarty CRN Baginton CVT Cardiff-Wales Airport CWL Finningley DCS Dundee DND Dornoch DOC Turnhouse EDI East Midlands EMA St Angelo ENK Greenham RAF EWY Exeter EXT Farnborough FAB RAF Station FFD Sculthorp RAF FKH Kinloss FSS Heliport FWM Filton FZO Glasgow International GLA Gloucestershire GLO RAF Station GQJ Binbrook GSY NAF GXH Haverfordwest HAW Hendon HEN Holyhead HLY Linton-On-Ouse HRT Hatfield HTF High Wycombe HYC Inverness INV Ipswich IPW Milton Keynes KYN Leeds/Bradford LBA London City Airport LCY Eglinton LDY Gatwick LGW Heathrow LHR Lakenheath RAF LKZ RAF Station LMO Metropolitan Area LON Heliport LPH Liverpool International Airport LPL Luton Airport LTN RAF Station LYE Lydd International Airport LYX International MAN Mildenhall Airport MHZ Kent International MSE Newcastle Airport NCL Northolt NHT Nottingham Airport NQT St Mawgan NQY Norwich Airport NWI Connel OBN RAF Station ODH Heliport OHP Cottesmor RAF OKH Northampton ORM Kidlington OXF Prestwick PIK Plymouth PLH Portsmouth PME Penzance PZE Rothesay Heliport RAY Rochester RCS Municipal SEN Eastleigh SOU RAF Station SQZ Stansted STN Swindon SWI Fairwood Comm SWS Stornoway SYY Sheffield City Airport SZD RAF Station UHF Upavon UPV West Malling WEM Woodford WFD Wick WIC RAF Station WTN Wether Fld RAF WXF Yeovilton YEO Beer in United-Kingdom (0.33l) Aberdeen ~ 2 EUR Aberdeen ~ 2 EUR Aberystwyth ~ 1.7 EUR Accrington ~ 1.3 EUR Airdrie ~ 1.7 EUR Aldershot ~ 2.1 EUR Alfreton ~ 1.8 EUR Alton ~ 2.3 EUR Amersham ~ 2.2 EUR Amroth ~ 2.1 EUR Andover ~ 2.3 EUR AUDLEM ~ 1.9 EUR Aylesbury ~ 1.5 EUR Ayr ~ 2.1 EUR Banbury ~ 2 EUR Banbury ~ 2 EUR Barnet ~ 2.5 EUR Barnham ~ 2.1 EUR Barnsley ~ 2 EUR Barnsley ~ 2 EUR Basildon ~ 1.9 EUR Basingstoke ~ 1.9 EUR Bath ~ 2.1 EUR Bath ~ 2.1 EUR Bathgate ~ 1.7 EUR Batley ~ 1.5 EUR Belfast ~ 2.2 EUR Belfast ~ 2.2 EUR Bewdley ~ 2.1 EUR Billericay ~ 2 EUR Birkenhead ~ 1.7 EUR Birmingham ~ 1.8 EUR Blackburn ~ 1.8 EUR Bognor Regis ~ 2.1 EUR Bournemouth ~ 2.6 EUR Bradford ~ 1.9 EUR Brentwood ~ 2.3 EUR Bridgend ~ 1 EUR Bridgend ~ 1 EUR Brighton ~ 2.3 EUR Brighton ~ 2.3 EUR Bristol ~ 2.3 EUR Bristol ~ 2.3 EUR Brodick ~ 2.2 EUR Bromsgrove ~ 2.3 EUR Buckley ~ 1.9 EUR Burnley ~ 2 EUR Burnley ~ 2 EUR Burslem ~ 1.7 EUR Caernarfon ~ 1.3 EUR Caersws ~ 1.8 EUR Camberley ~ 2.3 EUR Cambridge ~ 2.3 EUR Cambridge ~ 2.3 EUR Canterbury ~ 1.8 EUR Cardiff ~ 2.2 EUR Cardiff ~ 2.2 EUR CARDIFF ~ 2.2 EUR Carlisle ~ 1 EUR Carlisle ~ 1 EUR Carluke ~ 1.9 EUR Castleford ~ 1.7 EUR Cheltenham ~ 2.3 EUR Cheltenham ~ 2.3 EUR Chertsey ~ 3.2 EUR Chester ~ 1.5 EUR Chester ~ 1.5 EUR Chester-le-street ~ 0.8 EUR Chesterfield ~ 2.1 EUR Chichester ~ 2 EUR Chirnside ~ 1.8 EUR City Of London ~ 2.3 EUR Clapham ~ 2.6 EUR Coatbridge ~ 1.4 EUR Cockermouth ~ 1.9 EUR Colchester ~ 2.1 EUR Coniston ~ 2.3 EUR Corby ~ 2 EUR Countesthorpe ~ 2.3 EUR Coventry ~ 1.5 EUR Coventry ~ 1.5 EUR Cranford ~ 2 EUR Crawley ~ 2.3 EUR Crewe ~ 1.9 EUR Croydon ~ 2.4 EUR Crumlin ~ 1.7 EUR Cwmbran ~ 2 EUR Dartford ~ 2 EUR DARTFORD ~ 2 EUR Darvel ~ 1.4 EUR Derby ~ 1.9 EUR Derby ~ 1.9 EUR Derry ~ 1.9 EUR Doncaster ~ 1.8 EUR Doncaster ~ 1.8 EUR Dover ~ 2.1 EUR Dumbarton ~ 2 EUR Dundee ~ 1.8 EUR Dunfermline ~ 1.8 EUR Durham ~ 1.8 EUR Eastbourne ~ 2.1 EUR Eastwood ~ 1.7 EUR Edinburgh ~ 2.1 EUR Edinburgh ~ 2.1 EUR Egham ~ 2.1 EUR Elswick ~ 1.9 EUR Epsom ~ 2 EUR Exeter ~ 2.1 EUR Exeter ~ 2.1 EUR Fakenham ~ 2.2 EUR Falkirk ~ 1.7 EUR Farnham ~ 2.4 EUR Fort Augustus ~ 2.1 EUR Garswood ~ 1.9 EUR Gateshead ~ 1.8 EUR Gillingham ~ 1.7 EUR Glasgow ~ 1.9 EUR GLASGow ~ 1.9 EUR Glasgow ~ 1.9 EUR Gloucester ~ 2.2 EUR Gravesend ~ 2.2 EUR Grays ~ 1.9 EUR Greenford ~ 2.8 EUR Greenock ~ 1.9 EUR Grimsby ~ 1.6 EUR Grimsby ~ 1.6 EUR GRimsby ~ 1.6 EUR Guildford ~ 2.4 EUR Guisborough ~ 1.8 EUR Hartlepool ~ 1.8 EUR Hartlepool ~ 1.8 EUR Haverhill ~ 1.2 EUR Hermitage ~ 2.4 EUR Hexham ~ 1.1 EUR Hoddesdon ~ 1.9 EUR Hornsea ~ 1.6 EUR Hull ~ 1.8 EUR Inverness ~ 1.9 EUR Ipswich ~ 2.4 EUR Ipswich ~ 2.4 EUR Irvine ~ 1.8 EUR Lampeter ~ 2.2 EUR Largs ~ 1.9 EUR Leamington Spa ~ 2.2 EUR Leamington Spa ~ 2.2 EUR Leeds ~ 1.9 EUR LEEDS ~ 1.9 EUR Leeds ~ 1.9 EUR Leicester ~ 1.8 EUR Limekilns ~ 1.9 EUR Lincoln ~ 1.9 EUR Lisburn ~ 2.1 EUR Liverpool ~ 1.5 EUR Liverpool ~ 1.5 EUR Llandrindod Wells ~ 1.8 EUR Llandudno ~ 2.1 EUR Llandyrnog ~ 1.9 EUR London ~ 2.4 EUR London ~ 2.4 EUR LONDON ~ 2.4 EUR Loughborough ~ 2.1 EUR Lowestoft ~ 1.9 EUR Luton ~ 2.1 EUR Maidenhead ~ 1.9 EUR Maidstone ~ 2.4 EUR Malton ~ 1.9 EUR Manchester ~ 1.9 EUR Manchester ~ 1.9 EUR Matlock ~ 1.6 EUR Middlesbrough ~ 1.7 EUR Middlesbrough ~ 1.7 EUR Milton Keynes ~ 2 EUR Milton Keynes ~ 2 EUR Mold ~ 2 EUR Neath ~ 2.1 EUR Newbury ~ 2.4 EUR Newcastle ~ 1.8 EUR Newcastle Emlyn ~ 1.8 EUR Newcastle Upon Tyne ~ 2.1 EUR Newcastle Upon Tyne ~ 2.1 EUR Newport ~ 1.7 EUR Newquay ~ 1.9 EUR Northallerton ~ 1.9 EUR Northampton ~ 2.1 EUR Norwich ~ 2.1 EUR Nottingham ~ 2 EUR Nottingham ~ 2 EUR Oldham ~ 1.1 EUR Ossett ~ 0.7 EUR Oswestry ~ 1.8 EUR Oxford ~ 2.4 EUR OXFORD ~ 2.4 EUR Oxford ~ 2.4 EUR Paisley ~ 1.5 EUR Partick ~ 1.7 EUR Plymouth ~ 1.9 EUR Plymouth ~ 1.9 EUR Pontefract ~ 1.5 EUR PORT TALBOT ~ 1.7 EUR Port Talbot ~ 1.7 EUR Portpatrick ~ 1.8 EUR Portree ~ 2.1 EUR Portsmouth ~ 1.8 EUR Portsmouth ~ 1.8 EUR Prescot ~ 1.6 EUR Preston ~ 1.7 EUR PRESTON ~ 1.7 EUR Reading ~ 2.3 EUR Reading ~ 2.3 EUR Redcar ~ 1.8 EUR REDCAR ~ 1.8 EUR Redcar ~ 1.8 EUR Rhyl ~ 2 EUR Richmond ~ 2.5 EUR Rochdale ~ 1.5 EUR Romford ~ 2.2 EUR Rosyth ~ 1.8 EUR Rotherham ~ 1.9 EUR Rotherham ~ 1.9 EUR Rugby ~ 2.1 EUR Runcorn ~ 1.7 EUR Salisbury ~ 2.3 EUR Scunthorpe ~ 1.6 EUR Selsey ~ 1.9 EUR Seven Sisters ~ 1.4 EUR Sheffield ~ 1.8 EUR Sheffield ~ 1.8 EUR Shirland ~ 1.6 EUR Shotts ~ 1.9 EUR Shrewsbury ~ 1.9 EUR Skegness ~ 1.9 EUR Southampton ~ 2 EUR Southend-on-Sea ~ 1.8 EUR Springfield ~ 0.8 EUR St. Helens ~ 1.5 EUR Stafford ~ 1.9 EUR Staines ~ 2.4 EUR Stirling ~ 1.9 EUR Stonehaven ~ 1.9 EUR Stornoway ~ 1.8 EUR Sunderland ~ 1.8 EUR Swansea ~ 2 EUR Swindon ~ 1.8 EUR Telford ~ 1.5 EUR Tewkesbury ~ 2.1 EUR Tiverton ~ 2.1 EUR TROWBRIDGE ~ 2.4 EUR Tunbridge Wells ~ 2.4 EUR Uttoxeter ~ 2.1 EUR Wakefield ~ 1.7 EUR Wales ~ 1.6 EUR Warrington ~ 1.4 EUR Watford ~ 2.1 EUR Welwyn Garden City ~ 2.1 EUR Wembley ~ 1.5 EUR Weybridge ~ 2.9 EUR Whitby ~ 1.9 EUR Wigan ~ 1.8 EUR Wigan ~ 1.8 EUR Wilmslow ~ 1.7 EUR Wimborne ~ 2.5 EUR Winchester ~ 2.3 EUR Windsor ~ 2.4 EUR Winsford ~ 1.7 EUR Withernwick ~ 1.5 EUR Wolverhampton ~ 1.9 EUR Woodville ~ 2.1 EUR Worcester ~ 2.1 EUR Wrexham ~ 2 EUR York ~ 1.7 EUR York ~ 1.7 EUR Explore countries around the world Haiti Afghanistan Jamaica Seychelles Ukraine Switzerland Israel Nepal India Argentina Cyprus Austria Ireland Cook Islands Greece Nigeria Oman Luxembourg Aruba Bangladesh Peru Norway Albania Morocco Venezuela Tunisia Bulgaria French Polynesia Saudi Arabia Guyana Australia Cuba Lebanon Jordan Egypt 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