Download - ENGLAND
KEY FACTS
Capital: London Population: 47,000,000 Geographic size: 130,423 sq km It is an island off the west coast of the
European mainland. Much of England is rolling hills with
occasional small fields or flatland
Scafell Pike, the highest point of England is located in the northwest with an elevation of 978 metres
Most southerly point: Lizard Point
MAJOR CITIES
Greater London 6,933,000 Birmingham 1,012,000 Leeds 725,000 Liverpool 477,000 Manchester 433,000 Bristol 398,000
THE CLIMATE
England has a mild and temperate climate It is influenced by the North Atlantic Drift and
the southwesterly winds Average temperature ranges in London are
from 2 to 6 degrees Celsius in January to 13 to 22 degrees Celsius in July
Rainfall is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year with March to June the driest period and September to January the wettest
TIMELINES OF ENGLISH HISTORY
5000 BC- 100 BC: prehistoric period 55 BC- 410 AD: Roman Britain 410- 937: early British kingdoms 597- 1066: Anglo-Saxon England 1066- 1487: the Medieval Britain 1486- 1689: the Reformation and the
Restoration period 1689- 1901: The Age of Empire
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
Parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarchy
Queen Elizabeth II as a head of the state The continuity of the monarchy has been
interrupted only once (the republic of 1649-60) in over a thousand years
Parliament is made up of the House of Commons, the House of Lords and the Queen in her constitutional role
RELIGIONS
59% of the population Protestant 9% are Roman Catholic Other religious minorities include
Muslims which account for 3% of the population
There are also Jewish, Hindu and Sikh minorities.
DEMOGRAPHIC/ VITAL STATISTICS
238 people per sq km Urban-rural: 91.5% urban, 8.5% rural Sex distribution: 48.8% male, 51.2%
female Life expectancy: 72.2 years male, 77.9
years female
PEOPLE DISTRIBUTION
94.2% the Whites 9.6% Scottish 2.4% Irish 1.9% Welsh 2% West Indian, Asian or African
AGE BREAKDOWN
19
22
21
17
14
7
0 5 10 15 20 25
<15
15-29
30-44
45-59
60-74
>75
TH
E A
GE
OF
PE
OP
LE
% of population
EDUCATION
89%
5% 6%
Primary/Secondary
Incompletepost secondary
Higher
(among people aged 25 or over)
Some of the oldest universities in the world (Oxford and Cambridge)
Hertford College of the Oxford University
THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
It consists of 39 official colleges and the six Permanent Private Halls
There are five academic divisions in the university
Humanities Division, Life and Environmental Sciences Division, Mathematical and Physical Sciences Division, Medical Sciences Division and Social Sciences Division
THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
It consists of 31 colleges (three of them are only for women)
There are more than 100 departments, faculties and schools plus a central administration
Each college is an independent institution with its own property and income
MAIN POINTS OF INTEREST FOR THE TOURISTS
The Queen and the Royal Family. The Buckingham Palace and the
changing of guards Other attractions include the London
Bridge, Big Ben, the St. Pauls Cathedral and the Tower Bridge
‘TYPICALLY ENGLISH’
Terraced housing is a very common form of housing in England
Double decker buses are common site in London. Many foreigners have trouble driving in England
because the steering wheel is on the right hand side of the car, and you drive on the left hand side of the road