Alexa-Sofia

United Kingdom

Sofia and Lexi
 * ** Geography ** ||  ||
 * ==== Location ==== || ====== Western Europe ====== ||
 * ====== Geographic Coordinates ====== || ====== 54 00 N, 2 00 W ====== ||
 * ====== Continent ====== || ====== Europe ====== ||
 * ====== Area ====== || ====== 243,610 sq km ====== ||
 * ====== Area Comparison ====== || ====== slightly smaller than Oregon ====== ||
 * ====== Border Countries ====== || ====== Ireland 360 km ====== ||
 * ====== Climate ====== || ====== temperate; moderate ====== ||
 * ====== Terrain ====== || ====== mostly rugged hills and low mountains ====== ||
 * ====== Natural Resources ====== || ======coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land. ======

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 * ====== Natural Hazards ====== || ======winter windstorms; floods ======

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 * ====== **People** ====== ||  ||
 * ====== Total Population ====== || ====== 63,047,162 ====== ||
 * ====== Age Structures ====== || ====== 0-14 years: 17.3% (male 5,575,119/female 5,301,301) ======

65 years and over: 16.5% (male 4,564,375/female 5,777,253)
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 * ====== Life Expectancy ====== || ====== 80.17 years ======

Females:82.4 years
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 * ====== Nationality ====== || ====== British ====== ||
 * ====== Religions ====== || ====== Christian 71.6% (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) ======

Unspecified or none 23.1%
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 * ====== Languages ====== || ====== English ====== ||
 * ====== Literacy ====== || ====== total population: 99% ======

female: 99%
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 * ====== **Government** ====== ||  ||
 * ====== Country Name ====== || ====== conventional long form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; note - Great Britain includes England, Scotland, and Wales  ======

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 conventional short form: United Kingdom  ======

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 abbreviation: UK  ======

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 * ====== Government Type ====== || ====== constitutional monarchy and Commonwealth realm ======

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 * < ====== Capital ====== |||||| ====== name: London  ======

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 geographic coordinates: 51 30 N, 0 10 W  ======

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 time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)  ======

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 * ====== Chief of State/ Head of Government ====== || ====== Queen Elizabeth the second ====== ||

1 British pound sterling= 1.5867 US dollars || over 3,047 m: 9 2,438 to 3,047m: 32 1,524 to 2,437 m: 124 914 to 1,523 m: 77 under 914m: 64 || paved: 394,428 (includes 3,519km of expressways) ||
 * **Economy** ||  ||
 * Labor Force By Occupation || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"> agriculture: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;"> 1.4%  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"> industry: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">18.2%   <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"> services: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">80.4% (2006 est.)   ||
 * Agriculture || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"> cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, poultry; fish ||
 * Industry || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"> machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, __electronics__ and communications equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, __paper__ and paper products, food processing, textiles, clothing, other consumer goods ||
 * Exported Commodities || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"> manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco ||
 * Imported Commodities || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"> manufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs ||
 * Currency || British pound sterling
 * **Communication** ||  ||
 * Number of Land Line __Phones__ || 33.32 million ||
 * Number of Cell __Phones__ || 80.799 million ||
 * **Transportation** ||  ||
 * Airports || 505 ||
 * Paved Airports || total 306
 * Roadways || total: 394,428
 * Roadways Compared To The World || 16 ||
 * Sources ||  ||