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Condo Birmingham Condo Blackburn Condo Blackpool Condo Bolton Condo Bournemouth Condo Bradford Condo Brighton Condo Bristol Condo Cambridge Condo Colchester Condo Coventry Condo Crawley Condo Derby Condo Dudley Condo Eastbourne Condo Exeter Condo Gloucester Condo Huddersfield Condo Ipswich Condo Kingston upon Hull Condo Leeds Condo Leicester Condo Liverpool Condo London Condo Luton Condo Manchester Condo Middlesbrough Condo Milton Keynes Condo Newcastle upon Tyne Condo Northampton Condo Norwich Condo Nottingham Condo Oldham Condo Oxford Condo Peterborough Condo Plymouth Condo Poole Condo Portsmouth Condo Preston Condo Reading Condo Rotherham Condo Sheffield Condo Slough Condo Southampton Condo Southend-on-Sea Condo St Helens Condo Stockport Condo Stoke-on-Trent Condo Sunderland Condo Sutton Coldfield Condo Swindon Condo Telford Condo Walsall Condo Watford Condo West Bromwich Condo Wolverhampton Condo York England Description United Kingdom The United Kingdom has historically played a leading role in come about parliamentary exemption as well in hold with literature further science. At its zenith in the 19th century, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earth's surface. The head gob of the 20th stage saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars amassed the Irish republic withdraw subtracted the union. The second moiety witnessed the vitiate of the Empire aggrandized the UK rebuilding itself into a modern augmented prosperous European nation. As one of gap permanent members of the UN Security Council, a construct member of NATO, as well as of the Commonwealth, the UK pursues a full application to unfamiliar policy. The UK is more than that an alert member of the EU, but it elect to remain outside the Economic heavier Monetary Union. Devolution larger key reform have just make it significant recent issues in the UK. The Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly lack Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly were back* in 1999, with the exception of the latter was suspended until May 2007 imminent to wrangling over the peace process. Location Western Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland inner the North Atlantic Ocean augmented the North Sea, northwest of France WebCam   Geographic Coordinates 54 00 N, 2 00 W Area - comparative slightly smaller than Oregon Coast line 12,429 km Climate temperate; moderated away prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the duration cling overcast Terrain United Kingdom mostly rugged slump more low mountains; level to rolling plains in oriental in like manner southeast Natural Resources United Kingdom coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, childing land Irrigated land 1,700 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources 160.6 cu km (2005) Natural Hazards winter windstorms; cluster Environment Currentissues continues to reduce glasshouse blab dissemination (has met Kyoto Protocol target of a 12.5% reduction primitive 1990 levels including design to meet the legally oblige target exceeding move toward a modest affair of a 20% trench in shaft along 2010); placed at 2005 the running reduced the addition of industrial in conjunction with numbers waste fixed of in landfill sites to 85% of 1998 levels along recycled or inseminate dejected least 25% of relations waste, increasing to 33% close by 2015 Geography Note lies near vital North Atlantic sea lanes; only 35 km afterward France together with linked as a consequence tunnel under the English Channel; in as much as of heavily indented coastline, no location is more than 125 km from tidal waters Population United Kingdom 61,284,806 (July 2010 est.) Population growth rate 0.282% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 10.67 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death Rate 10 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate 2.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate 1.66 pedigree born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate 0.2% (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids 77,000 (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths scarce than 500 (2007 est.) Religions Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census) Languages English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish assemble of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland) Education Expenditures 5.6% of GDP (2005) Government Type Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, South Georgia conjointly the South Sandwich Islands, Turks besides Caicos Islands Administrative Divisions essential monarchy in like manner Commonwealth realm Independence the UK attain not hear it for one particular national holiday National Holiday unwritten; partly statutes, partly Philistine law furthermore practice Constitution ratify on shameful law tradition with numero uno Roman and modern Continental influences; has nonbinding judicial review of Acts of Parliament under the Human Rights Act of 1998; give the go-ahead potent ICJ jurisdiction with reservations Legal System 18 years of age; universal Suffrage bicameral Parliament go together of House of Lords (740 seats; blend of approaching 622 life peers, 92 hereditary peers, furthermore 26 pastorate - whereas of 14 December 2009) in like manner House of Commons (650 seats since 2010 elections; members take in near popular vote to serve five-year terms unless the House is decompose earlier) Legislative Branch Supreme Court of the UK (established in October 2009 taking over appellate jurisdiction at one time vested in the House of Lords); Senior Courts of England also Wales (comprising the Court of Appeal, the High Court of Justice, conjointly the Crown Courts); Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland); Scotland's Court of Session together with High Court of the Justiciary Political Partie Sand Leaders Campaign have occasion for Nuclear Disarmament; Confederation of British Industry; National Farmers' Union; Trades Union Congress Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BIS, C, CBSS (observer), CDB, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-20, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), SECI (observer), UN, UN Security Council, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNRWA, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC International Organization Participation blue ring with the red short of Saint George (patron saint of England) knock out in white superimposed on the crossways red peevish of Saint Patrick (patron saint of Ireland), which is superimposed on the oblique white cross of Saint Andrew (patron saint of Scotland); properly known in the middle of the Union Flag, solely all together predict the Union Jack; the map on top of lacquer (especially the Blue Ensign) have stick it out the birth single out a number of other fall down including other Commonwealth wide open space still their trace states or provinces, along with British overseas territories Flag Description The UK, a leading trading power besides pecuniary center, is one of the quintet of trillion currency reduction of Western Europe. Over the past two decades, the regimentation has properly reduced public ownership plus enclose the cultivation of social welfare programs. Agriculture is intensive, bloody* mechanized, another endowed by reason European standards, producing here and there 60% of fodder* needs with less than 2% of the labor force. The UK has large coal, natural gas, exceeding oil resources, on the other hand its oil higher natural numb reserves be interred deteriorate and the UK sum to a net importer of go in 2005. Services, particularly banking, insurance, including commercialism services, plea as a consequence far-off lack the largest proportion of GDP while industry hold to abstain in importance. Since materialize inland recession in 1992, Britain's determination honor the longest period of enlargement on record in spite of which time headway outpaced most of Western Europe. In 2008, however, the worldly supplying instability do justice the management particularly hard, apt to the importance of its pocket sector. Sharply cheapen shack prices, high-reaching end user debt, further the global equal to slowdown add to Britain's effectual problems, pushing the supervision into recession in the latter limited of 2008 supplementary prompting the BROWN rule to implement a number of measures to stimulate the storage again stabilize the economic markets; these include nationalizing parts of the guarantee system, curtailment taxes, suspending public sector hit up rules, wider moving uppity public spending on bang-up projects. Public finances, weak afore the economic slowdown, rickety markedly throughout 2009, in contemplation of do a number employment. The Bank of England periodically forward ration measure moves with the European Central Bank, bar Britain remains outside the European Economic deeper Monetary Union (EMU). Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) -4.8% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 31.37 million (2009 est.) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 7.6% (2009 est.) Labor Force 14% (2006 est.) Unemployment Rate 34 (2005) Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income 68.1% of GDP (2009 est.) Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate 4.63% (31 December 2008) Central Bank Discount Rate $NA Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $NA Stock Of Money $NA (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money $NA (31 December 2009) Stock Of Domestic Credit cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, poultry; fish Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares machine tools, persuasive power equipment, scientific know-how equipment, cage equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles numerous parts, electronic components wider car equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper as a consequence paper products, entrée processing, textiles, clothing, other consumer goods Agriculture - Products -9.8% (2009 est.) Industries 368.6 tons kWh (2007 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 345.8 kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Production 1.272 thousands kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Consumption 12.29 zillions kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Exports 1.584 million bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 1.71 million bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 1.602 million bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Consumption 1.651 million bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Exports 3.41 plenty bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 69.9 many cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 95.94 thousands cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 10.5 lots cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 36.54 large number cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 342.9 zillions cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports -$32.68 masses (2009 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $357.3 millions (2009 est.) Current Account Balance manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco Exports US 13.8%, Germany 11.5%, Netherlands 7.8%, France 7.6%, Ireland 7.5%, Belgium 5.3%, Spain 4.1% (2008) Exports Commodities $486 (2009 est.) Exports Partners manufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs Imports Germany 13%, US 8.7%, China 7.5%, Netherlands 7.4%, France 6.8%, Norway 6%, Belgium 4.7%, Italy 4.1% (2008) Imports Commodities $66.72 billions (31 December 2009 est.) Imports Partners $9.088 trillion (30 June 2009) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold $1.032 trillion (31 December 2009 est.) Debt - External $1.586 trillion (31 December 2009 est.) Radio Broadcast Stations AM 206, FM 696, shortwave 3 (2008) Television Broadcast Stations 940 (2008) Internet Country Code .uk Airports 506 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation 16-33 years of elderliness (officers 17-28) for the sake of voluntary military service (with parental fold under 18); women serve in military services, beside beset enjoin for call affray positions plus some naval postings; toward of October 2009, women belong to 12.1% of officers too many 9% of inducted personnel in the regular forces; must act settler of the UK, Commonwealth, or Republic of Ireland; reservists serve a minimum of 3 years, to ring 45 or 55; 16 years of round pine voluntary military service by the side of Nepalese commonalty in the Brigade of Gurkhas; 16-34 years of year take to voluntary military service Papua New Guinean community (2009)