STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES BACKGROUND NOTE ON UNITED KINGDOM
July 01, 2008
July 01, 2008
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research Electronic Affairs Publication Office issued the following Background Note:
PROFILE
OFFICIAL NAME:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Geography
Area: 243,000 sq. km. (93,000 sq. mi.); slightly smaller than Oregon. Cities: Capital-London (metropolitan pop. about 7.2 million). Other cities-Birmingham, Glasgow, Lee . . .
PROFILE
OFFICIAL NAME:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Geography
Area: 243,000 sq. km. (93,000 sq. mi.); slightly smaller than Oregon. Cities: Capital-London (metropolitan pop. about 7.2 million). Other cities-Birmingham, Glasgow, Lee . . .