National Flag:
As a state, the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Northern Ireland nd Wales) flies the red, white and blue Union flag, but in sport each country competes individually and uses it’s own flag. The flag of England has a white background with the red cross of St. George (the patron Saint of England).
Capital: London
Langauges: English (official)
Currency: Pound Sterling
Main Industries:
Machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing, textiles, clothing, other consumer goods.
Did You Know?
- The British Brooadcasting Corporation (BBC) is well known for it’s international news broadcasts.
- Big Ben is the largest of the bells (the hour bell) in the clock tower (St Steven’s Tower) of the British Houses of Parliament. There are four smaller bells that chime on the quarter hour. Big Ben first chimed on 31 May 1859.
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