英国概况综述

Climate and Weather


A maritime climate; Changeable weather; Difficult to give a correct and reliable weather forecast. Therefore, people like to talk about weather.
Official Language
English is the official language.
Religion
The British law protects religious freedom. Majority of the British people believe Christianity The first Christian church was established in Canterbury in 597 It is estimated that there are 8.4 million active churchgoers in Britain. More than a million people attend the Church of England on an average Sunday.
Appearance:
The present-day English people are said to have inherited the physical characteristics of the Anglo-Saxons and the Celts.
Following the Anglo-Saxons, some other people from North Europe, especially the Danes and Vikings came and settled in Great Britain and Island during the 9th century. In 1066, French-speaking Normans conquered England, adding another ethnic component to the nation.
People
Britain’s
population: overwhelmingly urban, about 90% living in urban areas, 10% living in rural areas.
English People
narrow sense, the term “English people” refers to the descendents of the Englishspeaking Anglo-Saxons. They include the Angles, Saxons, and the Jutes, who arrived in Britain from North Germany between the 5th and 7th centuries AD.
In
English
English – the language of the Angles became the foundation of modern English.
Most of the natives were the Celts They fled to the hill country in the North and West. Celts tended to be shorter than Anglo-Saxons and have rounder heads. Most Celts had darker hair, but many of them had red hair.

England
130,000 square kilometers, nearly 60% of the whole island Population: a little more than 50 million, 85% of the total population

Area:
Scotland

An Introduction to U.K.
Chapter 1 Panoramic View
The Country and the People

Names: British Isles, Great Britain, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Area: Total area: 243,000 sq km (93,600 sq miles) Population: around 60 million
Area:
78,760, less than 30% of the whole land Population: a little more than 5 million, less than one-tenth of the population
Wales
Area: 20,700 sq km less than 9% Population: 2.7 million, 5% of the whole population
Northern Ireland
Area: 14,000 sq km
Population: 1.7 million
Geographic FeaturLeabharlann Baidus



An island country; More than one thousand km from south to north; 500 km from east to west; Its coastline runs about ten thousand km; No place in Britain is over 250 km away from the sea;