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Number of citizens: 59 millions, Languages: english, Association organization: constitutional monarchy, Year of entrance to EU: 1973.
| London is a capital of UK. City has a lot of sights - many museums, some castles, Buckingham palace, Big Ben… River Thames circulates through it. In 1666 accidentally broke out a big fire and two thirds of London were burnt, but the interesting thing is that it has reconditioned and was even better and bigger than before fire.
| Buckingham palace is a residence of royal family. Once on a year for few weeks it's opened for tourists, but just one part of it.
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Stonehenge is near London. It was built in the time of druids etc., and archeologist aren't sure what it is. They assume that it is a big calendar which has signed a beginning of harvest because sun lightens the middle rock on June 21th, when harvest beggins.
| Thames is a river that under Tower bridge circulates through London. It is a voyageable river. Unfotunatelly, it has a problem of pollution.
| Lamanche is passage between France and United Kingdom. On its largest part, it is wide 180 km.
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United Kingdom is made of England, Scotland, Wales and North Ireland. Each of these parts has something immportant, and for Scotland it's kilt. Men wear it and every clan (family) has different color.
| There's a special guard for Buckingham palace. Guardians are very interesting for tourists because they mustn't even blink, whatever you do them. Some people tickle them, some even kiss, jolly them… But nothing. They don't laugh, don't turn their head, they don't move from their place.
| Oxford is an university in United Kingdom. It is near London, in little town Oxford.
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Cricket is a game invented in UK and it's the place where cricket is played the most. Match sometimes lasts for three or four days. It's not played in whole world, moreover, rules and the way of playing know just few countries, e. g. United Kingdom, India, South Africa… |