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conventional long form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland; note - Great Britain includes the countries of
England, Scotland, and Wales
conventional short form: United Kingdom
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
total:
244,820 sq km
land: 241,590 sq km
water: 3,230 sq km
note: includes Rockall and Shetland Islands
60,270,708
(July 2004 est.)
English, Welsh
(about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic
(about 60,000 in Scotland)
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, and other
consumer goods
manufactured
goods, fuels, chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco
manufactured
goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs
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