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England
''' The land is connected by island of Great Britain of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, four parts and numerous islands.It has a long coastline,the length of the coastline is 11450 kilometers. It is convenient for shipping. The area is 24.41 square kilometers (including inland waters), the area of England region is 13.04 square kilometers, the area of  Scottish is 7.88 square kilometers, the area of Welsh is 2.08 square kilometers, the area of Northern Ireland is 1.36 million square kilometers. The weather is cold and comfortable.There is lots of rain and fog, that would make people feel cool.It is temperate marine climate. The main mineral resources are coal, iron, oil and gas.In British north sea, petroleum reserves in about 10 ~ 40 million tons in between. Natural gas reserves in about 8600~25850 billion cubic meters. There are lots of English,accounting for more than 80% of the population.Britain is one of the world's largest economy. In 2007,its GDP ranks in the fifth. The proportion of the manufacturing in the national economy declined,but the proportion of the services and energy are growing larger.Britain is the industrialized countries, there are many scientific discoveries and inventions, such as steam engine,deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).There are lots of scientist. Also, England has a long history. BC, the Mediterranean Iberian, the Celtics successively came to Britain.So the southeastern British island is dominated by the Roman empire. After British museum of circular reading-room was destoryed, Europeans ,Saxon and the jutes invaded and settle down. Since the 7th century,it began to form a feudal system. Also, there are many small country were made up of seven kingdoms.In 829,Wessex king(Egbert)unified England.At the end of the 8th century,the country was invaded by Dane.From 1016 to 1042, it belonged to Danish empire of pirates.Subsequently by king short-term ruled,in 1066, the duke of Normandy conquered England bravely.From 1338 to 1453, the Anglo-French "Hundred Years' War", Finally, Britain defeated. In 1536, Wales and England merged. In 1588,England beat Spain"Armada", so it caused a big influence.In 1640, In Britain, In the first global outbreak of bourgeois revolution, became the pioneer of bourgeois revolution. In 1649, May 19, announced the formation of a republic. In 1660, the dynasty was restored. "The glorious revolution in 1688" confirmed Constitutional monarchy.In 1707, England merged with Scotland. In 1801, England merged with the Irish again. From 18th century to the 19th century,it became the first country that completed industrial revolution. Also, the 19th century was the heyday of the British Empire. In 1914,it was the first country that had colonial powers ,and it was claimed "the empire on which the sun never sets". After the first world war，England began to decline.In 1931,it promulgated a bill of Westminster. After the second world war,the economic strength of Britain and the political status declined.In 1923, the British parliament decided that Ireland was divided into 2 parts, 23 counties for the republic of Ireland in the south. In the north, the four counties as Northern Ireland that remained in Britain. Britain was an island, was from England, Scotland, and Wales. So the abbreviation of United Kingdom is UK. Culture in the United Kingdom is rich and good, with a strong tradition of literature, theatre, popular and orchestral music and the performing arts. They are helpful for the economy. According to economic estimates made by the Department for Culture,Media and Sport, the creative industries accounted for nearly 8 per cent of UK gross domestic product in 2000, and provided nearly 2 million jobs in December 2001. Colour brochures are available here on various aspects of UK culture, including the arts, architecture, dance, the visual arts, and literature and poetry.The favourite way to cook food : stewed, barbecue, Fried and Fried.For meat, seafood,they have the original way to cook them. Their Food is delicious ,they like BEEF very much, like roast BEEF (ROASTED BEEF), while eating them ，they would add fruit-tree vegetables, baked potato, and add a dash of mustard sauce in the steak.In Britain, everyone enjoy freedom of religion, therefore, in the UK each center region also formed the variety of different religious beliefs situation.The vast majority of British people believe in Christianity. About 1.1 million believers go to church.British Muslim is the largest Christian groups (more than 150 million), in addition, Hinduism, Sikhism and Judaism also has a great deal of believers, and the number is increasing. There are some attraction in England, For example, Westminster Abbey, is royal Abbey. It is one of the most beautiful churches in Europe.It is a magnificent gothic church. Members of the royal family, statesmen,and famous poet who are buried here.In addition, Buckingham Palace, is a becautiful place for people to visit. Since the 19th century, Buckingham Palace has become the royal places for activity. The square in front of the Buckingham Palace has the beautiful monument of queen Victoria. Also, Tower of London,It has changed a lot.The London tower was built in 1078 years. There is a place which is called white castle. The tower wall has fifteen feet thick and solid. Morerover, The British museum, it is famous for the Roman ruins, ancient Greek statue and the Egyptian mummy. This is the most famous and biggest museun in the world.There are surprising things here. If you go there, you will find something interesting and great. And, there are some festivals,are different from our country. For example,(St. Patrick's Day), March 17th, that is for mourning the Irish patron saint. Queen’s Birthday, on April 21,for celebrating the birth of the Queen. On May 24th, it is queen Victoria's birthday. Guy Fakes / (fireworks festival), November 5, to commemorate Gunpowder Plot. Now the history of the event already forgotten, the evening's activities has actually become Bonfire Night. Christmas / (Christmas), December 25 every year, the birth of Jesus, it is the biggest festival in the England. During Christmas, people can see Santa Claus, and still can eat to Christmas dinner and the Christmas Pudding , personally decorate the Christmas tree. England, Do you want it? '''