ENGLAND

England
Location: North west Europe and in the southern part of Great Britain. It is a country part of the UK.

England
Population: 50.4 million. Capital city: London Major cities: Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield Official language: English

Religion: Christianity
The Anglican Church of

England is the established church of England. (70%) After religions: (30%) other religions practiced are: Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Jud, Aism, Buddhism. There are also organizations which promote irreligion, atheist humanism and secularism.

Currency: pound sterling ()

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 as

coal, 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.

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.

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 economy

in England (8.6% of GDP).

INTERESTING FACTS
English people consume more tea per capita than

anybody else in the world (2.5 times more than the Japanese and 22 times more than the Americans or the French).

INTERESTING FACTS
English people have the highest obesity

rate in the European Union (22.3% of men and 23% of women).

British police do not carry guns except

in emergencies.

INTERESTING FACTS
London Heathrow Airport is the world's busiest airport by

international passenger traffic, and the third for total traffic.

INTERESTING FACTS
The first public zoo in

England opened in London in 1829. It was also a world's first.

INTERESTING FACTS
Windsor Castle is the largest

royal home in the world. It is also the oldest still in use as a royal residence.
Big Ben is not the name of the

entire building that contains the clock. The name is actually what the bell inside the tower is called. The structure is actually called St. Stephen's Tower.

GOVERNMENT
Englands government is called a Parliamentary

Monarchy

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 and ministers of the cabinet

Queen Elizabeth II

THE PRIME MINISTER

Exercises all of the theoretical powers of the Crown The leader in the majority party in the Parliament He presides over the cabinet and selects its members First Lord of the Treasury and Minister of Civil Service

David Cameron
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

THE CABINET
Ultimate decision-making body of the executive
Composed of the Prime Minister and 22 Cabinet Ministers Members of the House of Commons or House of Lords Heads of government departments

THE PARLIAMENT
The seat of British democracy Main Functions
To pass laws To raise enough money through taxation To examine government policy and administration

To discuss important political issues

Palace of Westminster

House of Commons
Elected by local residents to represent an area of the country in Parliament

House of Lords
Appointed by the Crown

650 members

786 members

532 Members of Parliament (MPs) for constituencies in England The chief officer of the House is the Speaker The most important place for discussing policies and making laws

People who have inherited family titles and those who have been given titles because of their outstanding work.

The chief officer of the House is the Lord Speaker

Lords Spiritual: archbishops

and bishops of England

Lords Temporal: hereditary or life

peers.

It regularly reviews and amends bills from the Commons

Electoral system
General elections
It takes place every five

Political Parties
Conservative Party
The centre-Right party, led by David Cameron Patriotism and family virtues such as duty, loyalty, hard work and thrift Receive money from big companies and rich people

years.
Everybody over the age of

18 can vote.
They vote for their

Labor Party
The centre-Left party currently led by Ed Miliband Social justice, achievement of well-being and opportunities for all It was founded by the trade union movement.

candidates in their local area to represent them in the House of Commons.

The party with the majority

of seats in the Commons gets to form the government. That partys leader becomes Prime Minister.

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 reform and civil liberties.

ENGLAND TOURIST PLACES AND CUSTOMS

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England touristic places

England as many other countries has a lot of touristic

places, here we going to show 6 tourist attractions only whom are for us the most iconic places of this wonderful country.

Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge is one of London's iconic sights of England. It was constructed in 1894, Tower Bridge was the most sophisticated bascule bridge of its time. Big Ben is the clock of the clock tower. The clock tower holds the largest fourfaced chiming clock in the world and is the third-tallest free-standing clock tower. The tower was completed in 1858 and has become one of the most prominent symbols of both London and England.

Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey is located in London. The Abbey is a living church where worship still takes place today and it is also the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English monarchs. Is the place of rest of king Edward the confessor's and tombs and memorials of many great men and women from British History. There is also more than a 1000 years worth of treasures such as paintings, stained glass and textiles of the stunning Gothic architecture of this church. the Abbey is formed by 4 precincts: The Church of St Margaret The Chapterhouse and Pyx Chamber The Abbey Museum The Abbey Gardens

London Zoo
London Zoo is one of Britain's top attractions and is the world's oldest scientific zoo founded over 180 years ago. It can be found in the heart of London, in Regent's Park. it is run by the Zoological Society of London. Although this zoo is located in the middle of the city it still has plenty of animals to see including lions, camels, giraffes, penguins, tigers, monkeys and meerkats. In fact there are 750 different species of animals making it one of the largest collections of animals in the UK. The zoo is divided up into many different areas which are great fun to explore and help make it one of London's most popular tourist attractions. Gorilla Kingdom Butterfly Paradise Lions and Tigers Aquarium Penguin Beach

Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Stonehenge is a circle of ancient stones erected between 3000BC and 1,600BC. It is one of the most important prehistoric monument sites in Britain.

It was constructed in three phases and it has been estimated that this took more than 30 million hours of labour. Some think it was designed as a place to worship the sun, others believe it may have been a place of sacrifice.
Visitors are not permitted near the stones unless pre-arranged. Viewing is behind a fence that runs around the stone circle.

The British Museum

Opened in 1753, houses a world collection of art and antiquities from ancient and living cultures that spans two million years of history. There are over 7 million artefacts housed in the museum representing every history period from the Vikings to the Romans to the Egyptians and Medievel Europe with examples of pottery, jewellery, statues, paintings, sculptures and many more. Entry to the museum is free but there are admission charges for entry to exhibitions. As exhibitions change, check the website or call for specific information. There is a restaurant, two cafes and a picnic area.

Buckingham Palace
Is the Queen's official London residence and is used to receive and entertain guests on state, ceremonial and official occasions for the Royal Family. The palace was originally built in 1705 for the Duke of Buckingham. The Palace is located between The Green Park, Hyde Park and St. James's Park.

Changing the Guard

The Changing the Guard ceremony takes place in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace at 11.30 every day in summer, every other day in winter.

The New Guard marches to the Palace from Wellington Barracks with a Guards band, the Old Guard hands over in a ceremony during which the sentries are changed and then returns to barracks. The ceremony lasts about 45 minutes and is free to watch.

English customs

Punctuality

Rugby

British Pie

Tea Time

Visiting

British breakfast

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