The United Kingdom. |
|
|
 Profile
| |||
| |||
| |||
| |||
|
| Official name |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
|
| |||
|
| |||
|
| Form of government |
| constitutional monarchy with two legislative houses (House of Lords [751(1)]; House of Commons [646]) |
|
| |||
|
| |||
|
| Chief of state |
| Sovereign |
|
| |||
|
| |||
|
| Head of government |
| Prime Minister |
|
| |||
|
| |||
|
| Capital |
| London |
|
| |||
|
| |||
|
| Official language |
| English; both English and Welsh in Wales |
|
| |||
|
| |||
|
| Official religion |
| ( 2) |
|
| |||
|
| |||
|
| Monetary unit |
| pound sterling (£) |
|
| |||
|
| |||
|
| Population estimate |
| (2006) 60, 501, 000 |
|
| |||
|
| |||
|
| Total area (sq mi) |
| 93, 628 |
|
| |||
|
| |||
|
| Total area (sq km) |
| 242, 495 |
|
| |||
|
| |||
| (1)As of November 2006 including 92 hereditary peers, 633 life peers, and 26 archbishops and bishops.
| ||
|
| (2)Church of England “established” (protected by the state but not “official”); Church of Scotland “national” (exclusive jurisdiction in spiritual matters per Church of Scotland Act 1921); no established church in Northern Ireland or Wales.
| ||
|
|
|
Дата добавления: 2014-11-10; просмотров: 669. Нарушение авторских прав; Мы поможем в написании вашей работы! |
|
|
|
|
Ученые, внесшие большой вклад в развитие науки биологии Краткая история развития биологии. Чарльз Дарвин (1809 -1882)- основной труд « О происхождении видов путем естественного отбора или Сохранение благоприятствующих пород в борьбе за жизнь»...
|
Механизм действия гормонов а) Цитозольный механизм действия гормонов. По цитозольному механизму действуют гормоны 1 группы...
|