United Kingdom Short Introduction for Travelers
| Capital | London |
| Government | Parliamentary devolved democracy under a constitutional monarch |
| Currency | Pound sterling (£, GBP) |
| Area | 242,295km² water: 1,680km² land: 241,930km² |
| Population | 65 million (2016 estimate) |
| Language | English, Welsh (c. 26% of population in Wales), Scots (mostly spoken in the Lowlands of Scotland) Scottish Gaelic (c. 60,000 in Scotland), Ulster-Scots (parts of Northern Ireland) & some speakers of Irish in Northern Ireland |
| Religion | Christian 37.5 million (59.5%), Muslim 2.7 million (4.4%), Sikh 432,000 (0.7%), Hindu 835,000 (1.3%), Jewish 269,000 (0.4%), Buddhist 261,000 (0.4%), no religion 16.2 million (25.7%) |
| Electricity | 230V, 50 Hz (Type G plug) |
| Country code | +44 |
| Internet TLD | .uk |
| Time Zone | UTC UTC +1 during “British Summer Time” (BST) |
| Emergencies | dial 999 |
Best 5 Places To Visit in United Kingdom
1 York Minster YORK
2 Westminster Abbey THE WEST END
3 Windsor Castle WINDSOR & ETON
4 Stonehenge STONEHENGE
5 St Paul’s Cathedral THE CITY