United Kingdom Facts and Tourism

A collection of facts, general information and travel resources for United Kingdom visitors and residents.

NAME IN ENGLISH: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
ALSO KNOWN AS: Great Britain and the U.K.
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: English
LOCATION: island nation in Northern Europe
CAPITAL AND LARGEST CITY: London
GOVERNMENT WEB SITE: gov.uk
INCLUDES:
| England | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland | Territories |
RELATED ORGANIZATION:
Commonwealth of Nations

Tourism:
- Do It in Europe: United Kingdom Guide
- United Kingdom for Visitors Dot Com (archive)
- visitbritain.com
- wikipedia.org - tourism in united kingdom - category
- wikitravel.org - united kingdom
- wikivoyage.org - united kingdom

Foods:
- wikipedia.org - british cuisine - category

Facts
- BBC United Kingdom Country Profile
- World Fact Book United Kingdom Profile
- wikipedia.org - united kingdom - main article
- wikipedia.org - united kingdom - more articles
- wikipedia.org - united kingdom - category
- wikipedia.org - united kingdom - lists
- wikipedia.org - united kingdom - outline
- wikipedia.org - united kingdom - portal

Countries Bordering the United Kingdom:
- Republic of Ireland (bordered by the UK's Northern Ireland)

Maritime Borders With the United Kingdom:
| Belgium | Denmark | Faroe Islands | France | Germany | Iceland | Netherlands | Norway | Portugal | Spain | Sweden |

Bodies of Water Bordering United Kingdom:
- Atlantic Ocean
- Celtic Sea
- English Channel
- Irish Sea
- North Sea

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