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SCOTLAND

editor — Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:30:00 +0000

SCOTLAND A little over half the size of England but with just a tenth of the population, Scotland possesses open spaces and wild natural splendor its southern neighbor cannot hope to rival. The craggy, heathered Highlands, the silver beaches of the west coast, and the luminescent mists of the Hebrides elicit any traveler’s awe, while farmlands to the south and peaceful fishing villages on the east coast harbor a gentler beauty. Scotland at its best is a world apart from the rest of the UK. Before reluctantly joining with England in 1707, the Scots defended their independence, bitterly and heroically,

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Ireland Map

editor — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 02:13:00 +0000

AREA: 243,977 sq. km. (94,200 sq. mi.); slightly smaller than Oregon. CITIES: Capital London (pop. about 6.9 million in 1979). Other cities Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh, Belfast. TERRAIN: 30% arable, 50% meadow and pasture, 12% waste or urban, 7% forested, 1% inland water. CLIMATE: Generally mild and temperate; weather is subject to frequent changes but to few extremes of temperature. PEOPLE The population of the United Kingdom was estimated at 55.9 million in 1979, about 3.4 million more than in 1961 and a sevenfold increase since 1700. Its population is the fourth largest in Europe (after the

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