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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (usually shortened to the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state to the northwest of mainland Europe. It includes the island of Great Britain and the north-east part of the island of Ireland, together with many small local islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. The United Kingdom is often incorrectly referred to as England, after its largest and most dominant constituent state. The United Kingdom is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and its ancillary bodies of water, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, St George's Channel and the Irish Sea. It is linked to France by the Channel Tunnel. The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy comprising four constituent countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The current monarch is Queen Elizabeth II who is also Queen and Head of State of fifteen other Commonwealth Realms including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Jamaica. The Crown Dependencies of the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, formally possessions of the Crown, form a federacy with the United Kingdom. The UK has fourteen overseas territories, all remnants of the British Empire, which at its height encompassed almost a quarter of the world's surface. Britain was a great power during the 19th century but the cost of two world wars and the decline of its empire during the latter half of the 20th century diminished its status in global affairs. The UK remains an important political, economic and nuclear military power. It holds a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council and is a member of the G8, the European Union and the Commonwealth of Nations.
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United Kingdom |
Alternative Name:
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Date Became
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October 24, 1945 |
Date of Independence:
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April 12, 1922 Treaty with Ireland. England has existed as a unified entity since the 10th century; the union between England and Wales was enacted under the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284; in the Act of Union of 1707, England and Scotland agreed to permanent union as Great Britain; the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland was implemented in 1801, with the adoption of the name the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 formalized a partition of Ireland; six northern Irish counties remained part of the United Kingdom as Northern Ireland and the current name of the country, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, was adopted in 1927 |
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http://www.ukun.org/ |
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http://www.parliament.uk/ |
UN Mission E-mail:
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uk@un.int |
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United Kingdom Maps and Flags
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Maps are for educational purposes only. Not to be used for navigation. Adobe PDF files can be enlarged without losing resolution on large format printers.
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United Kingdom
Color Flag (Cutout Size)
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Color flag for mounting on a dowel or straw. Flags are approximately 3" x 5" when cut out. Letter size document.
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United Kingdom
Color Flag (Letter Size)
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This flag is suitable for applications where a letter size, full-color flag is required. Printed flag measures approximately 8" x 10". Can be enlarged to almost any size on large format printers. Includes small illustration of where country is located on the globe (orthographic perspective format).
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United Kingdom
Color Flag (Tabloid Size)
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This flag is suitable for applications where a tabloid size, full-color flag is required. Printed flag measures approximately 10" x 15". Can be enlarged to almost any size on large format printers.
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United Kingdom
Color Map (Orthographic Perspective Letter Size)
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This map is suitable for applications where a letter size, full-color orthographic perspective (globe) map showing Afghanistan's location is required. Printed map measures 8" wide. Can be enlarged on wide format printers without losing resolution.
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United Kingdom
Outline Flag (Cutout Size)
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Color your own flag for your favorite country! Letter size outline flag for mounting on a dowel or straw. Flags are approximately 3" x 5" when cut out. Letter size document.
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United Kingdom
Outline Flag (Letter Size)
256.2
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This flag is suitable for applications where a letter size, outline flag is required. Students can color their own versions. Printed flag measures approximately 8" x 10". Size can vary. Can be enlarged to almost any size on large format printers. Includes small illustration of where country is located on the globe (orthographic perspective format).
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United Kingdom
Microsoft PowerPoint
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This Microsoft PowerPoint file includes full color maps and flags. Contents can be immediately used in onscreen presentations, or cut and pasted into other PowerPoint documents.
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United Kingdom Microsoft Word
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This Microsoft Word file includes full color maps and flags and can be scaled to print on large format printers, or cut and pasted into other Word documents.
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United Kingdom
Zip Archive
3.6
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Complete your map collection with all of the PDFs available from unforkids.com! The set includes all available full color and outline maps and flags in one easily downloadable file. Zip compression format.
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United Kingdom
Color Map (Letter Size)
779.2
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This map is suitable for applications where a letter size, full-color map is required. Printed map measures approximately10" wide.
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United Kingdom Outline Map (Letter Size)
526.6
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This map is suitable for applications where a letter size, outline map that students can research and fill in is required. Students or users can color in their own map. Printed map measures approximately 10" wide.
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