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UNITED KINGDOM

UNITED KINGDOM

United Kingdom widely known as UK or Great Britain is a European country located at the north western part of Europe, surrounded by Atlantic Ocean which consists of England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.  UK comes under the category of developed countries list and it occupies the fifth position in the world’s largest economy and second at the European economy. Depending on the market shares, UK has the second place after Germany in Europe.  

United Kingdom was a very powerful country during the 19th and 20th centuries than any other countries in the world. However due to expenses in second world .war, market value comes down a little bit. The very first industrialization concept was triggered in UK and it is the first country to begin the industries such as coal mining, textiles and ship building. Largest spoken languages in UK are English and a kind of Germanic language derived from the old English.  

Tourism is significant when UK economy is considered. UK is the sixth most popular tourist spot in the globe. Next to France, it ranks second tourist place in Europe. London has reached a mark of most visited city in the world followed by Bangkok by pushing Paris into third place. 

UK is Influential in the growth of film making with Ealing studios which is one of the oldest studios we have ever seen in the world. Many of the English films are made by the partnership of UK and US. Most British actors and actress reach the star spot in Hollywood films.  

As far as Education, It is the dream to study in the British institute for a student from any part of the world. Four parts of UK have different style in the Education system. The top class universities are located in UK such as University of London, University of Oxford, and University of Cambridge which are listed in the top 20 universities in the world. UK has the all round performance in all categories art, literature, music, cinema, history and education.