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ENGLAND
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Location: Northwest Europe and in
the southern part ofGreat Britain. It is acountry part of the UK.
England
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England
Population: 50.4 million.
Capital city: LondonMajor cities: Birmingham,Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester,SheffieldOfficial language: English
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Religion: Christianity
The Anglican Church ofEngland is the establishedchurch of England. (70%)
After religions: (30%)other religions practiced are:
Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism,Jud, Aism, Buddhism.
There are also organizationswhich promote irreligion,atheist humanism andsecularism.
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Currency: pound sterling ()
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ECONOMY
England has the largest economy of the United Kingdom
with an average GDP per capita of $ 36,217.
England is rich in different natural resources, such ascoal, petroleum, natural gas, tin, limestone, iron ore, salt,
clay, chalk, gypsum, lead and silica.
London, is one of the worlds largest financial centres.
Service sector employs around 80% of the working
population.
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ECONOMY
Main crops: wheat, barley, oat, potato and sugar beet.
England is one of the world's leading fishing nations with
fish of every kind.
Manufacturing and primary industries are in decline.
England remains a key player in the aerospace, defence,
pharmaceutical and chemical industries.
Tourism is one of the largest industries in England.
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ECONOMY
One in twelve jobs in the England is currently either
directly or indirectly supported by tourism.
Tourism contributes 96.7bn ($152.9bn) to the economyin England (8.6% of GDP).
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INTERESTING FACTS
English people consume more tea per capita thananybody else in the world (2.5 times more than theJapanese and 22 times more than the Americans or theFrench).
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INTERESTING FACTS
English people have the highest obesityrate in the European Union (22.3% ofmen and 23% of women).
British police do not carry guns except
in emergencies.
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INTERESTING FACTS
London Heathrow Airport is the world's busiest airport byinternational passenger traffic, and the third for totaltraffic.
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INTERESTING FACTS
The first public zoo inEngland opened in Londonin 1829. It was also aworld's first.
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INTERESTING FACTS
Windsor Castle is the largestroyal home in the world. It is alsothe oldest still in use as a royalresidence.
Big Ben is not the name of theentire building that contains the
clock. The name is actually whatthe bell inside the tower is called.The structure is actually calledSt. Stephen's Tower.
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GOVERNMENT Englands government is called a Parliamentary
Monarchy
Queen Elizabeth II
THE CROWN
Rules symbolically
Head of the judiciary
Commander in chief of the armed forces
Supreme governor of the Church of
England and Scotland
Summons and dismisses Parliament andministers of the cabinet
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Exercises all of the theoreticalpowers of the Crown
The leader in the majority partyin the Parliament
He presides over the cabinetand selects its members
First Lord of the Treasury andMinister of Civil Service David Cameron
Prime Minister of theUnited Kingdom
THE PRIME MINISTER
THE CABINET
Ultimate decision-making body of
the executive Composed of the Prime Minister and 22 CabinetMinisters
Members of the House of Commons or House ofLords
Heads of government departments
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THE PARLIAMENT
The seat of British democracy
To pass laws
To raise enough moneythrough taxation
To examine government policy
and administration
To discuss importantpolitical issues
MainFunctions
Palace ofWestminster
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House ofCommons
Elected by local residents torepresent an area of thecountry in Parliament
650 members
532 Members of Parliament(MPs) for constituencies in
England
The chief officer of the Houseis the Speaker
The most important place fordiscussing policies and
making laws
House of Lords
Appointed by the Crown
786 members
People who have inherited family titlesand those who have been given titlesbecause of their outstanding work.
The chief officer of the Houseis the Lord Speaker
Lords Spiritual: archbishopsand bishops of England
Lords Temporal: hereditary or lifepeers.
It regularly reviews and amendsbills from the Commons
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Electoral system
It takes place every fiveyears.
Everybody over the age of18 can vote.
They vote for theircandidates in their localarea to represent them inthe House of Commons.
The party with the majorityof seats in the Commonsgets to formthe government. Thatpartys leader becomes
Prime Minister.
Political PartiesConservative Party
The centre-Right party, led by DavidCameron
Patriotism and family virtues such as duty,loyalty, hard work and thrift
Receive money from big companies andrich people
Labor Party
The centre-Left party currently led by EdMiliband
Social justice, achievement of well-beingand opportunities for all
It was founded by the trade unionmovement.
Liberal Democrat Party The centrist, libertarian party , led by Nick
Clegg Their main objective is to make a new electoral
system Supports constitutional and electoral reform,
progressive taxation,
environmentalism,
banking reformand civil liberties.
General elections
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Seminario, Olenka
ENGLAND TOURISTPLACES ANDCUSTOMS
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Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge is one of London's iconicsights of England.
It was constructed in 1894, Tower Bridgewas the most sophisticated bascule bridgeof its time.
Big Ben is the clock of the clock tower.
The clock tower holds the largest four-faced chiming clock in the world and is thethird-tallest free-standing clock tower.
The tower was completed in 1858 and hasbecome one of the most prominentsymbols of both London and England.
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Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey is located in London. TheAbbey is a living church where worship stilltakes place today and it is also the traditional
place of coronation and burial site for Englishmonarchs.Is the place of rest of king Edward theconfessor's and tombs and memorials ofmany great men and women from BritishHistory.
There is also more than a 1000 years worth oftreasures such as paintings, stained glass andtextiles of the stunning Gothic architecture ofthis church.
the Abbey is formed by 4 precincts:
The Church of St MargaretThe Chapterhouse and Pyx ChamberThe Abbey MuseumThe Abbey Gardens
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London Zoo
London Zoo is one of Britain's top attractionsand is the world's oldest scientific zoo foundedover 180 years ago. It can be found in theheart of London, in Regent's Park. it is run bythe Zoological Society of London.
Although this zoo is located in the middle ofthe city it still has plenty of animals to seeincluding lions, camels, giraffes, penguins,
tigers, monkeys and meerkats. In fact thereare 750 different species of animals making itone of the largest collections of animals in theUK.
The zoo is divided up into many differentareas which are great fun to explore and help
make it one of London's most popular touristattractions.
Gorilla KingdomButterfly ParadiseLions and Tigers
AquariumPenguin Beach
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Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Stonehenge is a circle of ancient stoneserected between 3000BC and 1,600BC. Itis one of the most important prehistoric
monument sites in Britain.
It was constructed in three phases and ithas been estimated that this took morethan 30 million hours of labour. Some thinkit was designed as a place to worship thesun, others believe it may have been a
place of sacrifice.
Visitors are not permitted near the stonesunless pre-arranged. Viewing is behind afence that runs around the stone circle.
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The British Museum
Opened in 1753, houses a world collection ofart and antiquities from ancient and livingcultures that spans two million years of
history. There are over 7 million artefactshoused in the museum representing everyhistory period from the Vikings to the Romansto the Egyptians and Medievel Europe withexamples of pottery, jewellery, statues,paintings, sculptures and many more.
Entry to the museum is free but there areadmission charges for entry to exhibitions. Asexhibitions change, check the website or callfor specific information.
There is a restaurant, two cafes and a picnic
area.
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Buckingham Palace
Is the Queen's official London residence andis used to receive and entertain guests onstate, ceremonial and official occasions for the
Royal Family. The palace was originally builtin 1705 for the Duke of Buckingham.
The Palace is located between The GreenPark, Hyde Park and St. James's Park.
Changing the GuardThe Changing the Guard ceremony takesplace in the forecourt of Buckingham Palaceat 11.30 every day in summer, every other dayin winter.
The New Guard marches to the Palace from
Wellington Barracks with a Guards band, theOld Guard hands over in a ceremony duringwhich the sentries are changed and thenreturns to barracks.
The ceremony lasts about 45 minutes and is
free to watch.
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English customs
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Punctuality
Rugby
British Pie
Tea Time
Visiting
British breakfast
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