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Capital: london
Country name
: conventional long form: united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland; note - great britain includes england. scotland. and wales conventional short form: united kingdom abbreviation: uk
National holiday: the uk does not celebrate one particular national holiday
Government type
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constitutional monarchy
Administrative divisions: england - 47 boroughs. 36 counties. 29 london boroughs. 12 cities and boroughs. 10 districts. 12 cities. 3 royal boroughs : boroughs: barnsley. blackburn with darwen. blackpool. bolton. bournemouth. bracknell forest. brighton and hove. bury. calderdale. darlington. doncaster. dudley. gateshead. halton. hartlepool. kirklees. knowsley. luton. medway. middlesbrough. milton keynes. north tyneside. oldham. poole. reading. redcar and cleveland. rochdale. rotherham. sandwell. sefton. slough. solihull. southend-on-sea. south tyneside. st. helens. stockport. stockton-on-tees. swindon. tameside. thurrock. torbay. trafford. walsall. warrington. wigan. wirral. wolverhampton : counties: bedfordshire. buckinghamshire. cambridgeshire. cheshire. cornwall. cumbria. derbyshire. devon. dorset. durham. east sussex. essex. gloucestershire. hampshire. herefordshire. hertfordshire. isle of wight. kent. lancashire. leicestershire. lincolnshire. norfolk. northamptonshire. northumberland. north yorkshire. nottinghamshire. oxfordshire. shropshire. somerset. staffordshire. suffolk. surrey. warwickshire. west sussex. wiltshire. worcestershire : london boroughs: barking and dagenham. barnet. bexley. brent. bromley. camden. croydon. ealing. enfield. greenwich. hackney. hammersmith and fulham. haringey. harrow. havering. hillingdon. hounslow. islington. lambeth. lewisham. merton. newham. redbridge. richmond upon thames. southwark. sutton. tower hamlets. waltham forest. wandsworth : cities and boroughs: birmingham. bradford. coventry. leeds. liverpool. manchester. newcastle upon tyne. salford. sheffield. sunderland. wakefield. westminster : districts: bath and north east somerset. east riding of yorkshire. north east lincolnshire. north lincolnshire. north somerset. rutland. south gloucestershire. telford and wrekin. west berkshire. wokingham : cities: city of bristol. derby. city of kingston upon hull. leicester. city of london. nottingham. peterborough. plymouth. portsmouth. southampton. stoke-on-trent. york : royal boroughs: kensington and chelsea. kingston upon thames. windsor and maidenhead : northern ireland - 24 districts. 2 cities. 6 counties : districts: antrim. ards. armagh. ballymena. ballymoney. banbridge. carrickfergus. castlereagh. coleraine. cookstown. craigavon. down. dungannon. fermanagh. larne. limavady. lisburn. magherafelt. moyle. newry and mourne. newtownabbey. north down. omagh. strabane : cities: belfast. derry : counties: county antrim. county armagh. county down. county fermanagh. county londonderry. county tyrone : scotland - 32 council areas: aberdeen city. aberdeenshire. angus. argyll and bute. the scottish borders. clackmannanshire. dumfries and galloway. dundee city. east ayrshire. east dunbartonshire. east lothian. east renfrewshire. city of edinburgh. falkirk. fife. glasgow city. highland. inverclyde. midlothian. moray. north ayrshire. north lanarkshire. orkney islands. perth and kinross. renfrewshire. shetland islands. south ayrshire. south lanarkshire. stirling. west dunbartonshire. eilean siar (western isles). west lothian; : wales - 11 county boroughs. 9 counties. 2 cities and counties : county boroughs: blaenau gwent. bridgend. caerphilly. conwy. gwynedd. merthyr tydfil. neath port talbot. newport. rhondda cynon taff. torfaen. wrexham : counties: isle of anglesey. ceredigion. carmarthenshire. denbighshire. flintshire. monmouthshire. pembrokeshire. powys. the vale of glamorgan : cities and counties: cardiff. swansea |
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Independence:
england has existed as a unified entity since the 10th century; the union between england and wales. begun in 1284 with the statute of rhuddlan. was not formalized until 1536 with an act of union; in another act of union in 1707. england and scotland agreed to permanently join as great britain; the legislative union of great britain and ireland was implemented in 1801. with the adoption of the name the united kingdom of great britain and ireland; the anglo-irish treaty of 1921 formalized a partition of ireland; six northern irish counties remained part of the united kingdom as northern ireland and the current name of the country. the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. was adopted in 1927
Political parties and leaders: conservative and unionist party [david cameron]; democratic unionist party (northern ireland) [rev. ian paisley]; labor party [anthony (tony) blair]; liberal democrats [charles kennedy]; party of wales (plaid cymru) [dafydd iwan]; scottish national party or snp [alex salmond]; sinn fein (northern ireland) [gerry adams]; social democratic and labor party or sdlp (northern ireland) [mark durkan]; ulster unionist party (northern ireland) [sir reg empey]
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
campaign for nuclear disarmament; confederation of british industry; national farmers' union; trades union congress
International organization participation
: afdb. asdb. australia group. bis. c. cbss (observer). cdb. ce. cern. eapc. ebrd. eib. esa. eu. fao. g- 5. g- 7. g- 8. g-10. iadb. iaea. ibrd. icao. icc. icct. icftu. icrm. ida. iea. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. iho. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iom. iso. itu. miga. monuc. nam (guest). nato. nea. nsg. oas (observer). oecd. opcw. osce. paris club. pca. pif (partner). un. un security council. unamsil. unctad. unesco. unficyp. unhcr. unido. unmil. unmis. unmovic. unomig. unrwa. upu. wco. weu. who. wipo. wmo. wto. zc
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