United Kingdom

External links

Government

• Official website of HM Government
• Official website of the British Monarchy
• Official Yearbook of the United Kingdom statistics
• The official site of the British Prime Minister's Office

General information

• United Kingdom from the BBC News
• United Kingdom entry at The World Factbook
• United Kingdom from UCB Libraries GovPubs
• United Kingdom at the Open Directory Project
• United Kingdom Encyclopædia Britannica entry
• United Kingdom from the OECD
• United Kingdom at the EU
• Wikimedia Atlas of United Kingdom
• Geographic data related to United Kingdom at OpenStreetMap
• Key Development Forecasts for the United Kingdom from International Futures

Travel

• Official tourist guide to Britain

Geographic locale   Lat. and Long. 51°30′N 0°7′W / 51.500°N 0.117°W / 51.500; -0.117 (London) ‹ The template below (United Kingdom constituents and affiliations) is being considered for merging. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus.› Constituent countries and affiliations of the United Kingdom   Countries of the United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland   Overseas territories Akrotiri and Dhekelia† Anguilla Bermuda British Antarctic Territory‡ British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Gibraltar Montserrat Pitcairn Islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Turks and Caicos Islands   Crown dependencies Guernsey* Isle of Man Jersey*   Former colonies Daftar/Tabel -- countries that gained independence from the United Kingdom   †Sovereign Base Areas ‡Partial suspension of sovereignty due to the Antarctic Treaty *Including adjacent smaller islands and rocks Sovereign states and dependent territories of Europe   Sovereign states Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City   States with limited recognition Abkhazia Kosovo Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria   Dependencies and other territories Denmark Faroe Islands   Finland Åland Islands   United Kingdom Akrotiri and Dhekelia Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey British Isles   Terminology Britain Éire Naming dispute   Politics Sovereign states Ireland United Kingdom (England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales)   Crown dependencies Guernsey Jersey Isle of Man   Political cooperation Politics in the British Isles British–Irish Council British–Irish Intergovernmental Conference British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly Common Travel Area   Geography Island groups Channel Islands Islands of the Clyde Great Britain Hebrides Inner Outer Ireland Isle of Man Northern Isles Orkney Shetland Isles of Scilly   Lists of islands of Bailiwick of Guernsey Ireland Bailiwick of Jersey Isle of Man United Kingdom England Scotland Wales   History Island groups British Isles Ireland   Current states Ireland United Kingdom England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Guernsey Jersey Isle of Man   Former states Irish Free State Kingdom of England Principality of Wales Kingdom of Great Britain Kingdom of Ireland Kingdom of Scotland   Society Modern languages Germanic English Scots Celtic Cornish Scottish Gaelic Irish Manx Welsh Romance Auregnais French Guernésiais Jèrriais Sercquiais Other BSL ISL NISL Shelta   People British Cornish English English Gypsies Irish Irish Travellers Kale Manx Scottish Ulster-Scots Welsh

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