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GENERAL INFORMATION• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland • Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952)• Prime Minister: Gordon Brown (2007)• Land area: 93,278 sq mi (241,590 sq km); total area: 94,526 sq mi (244,820 sq km)• Population (2007 est.): 60,776,238 (growth rate: 0.3%); birth rate: 10.7/1000; infant mortality

rate: 5.0/1000; life expectancy: 78.7; density per sq km: 652• Capital and largest city (2003 est.): London, 7,615,000 (metro. area), 7,429,200 (city proper)• Other large cities: Glasgow, 1,099,400; Birmingham, 971,800; Liverpool, 461,900; Edinburgh,

460,000; Leeds, 417,000; Bristol, 406,500; Manchester, 390,700; Bradford, 288,400• Monetary unit: Pound sterling (£)• Languages: English, Welsh, Scots Gaelic• Ethnicity/race: English 83.6%, Scottish 8.6%, Welsh 4.9%; Northern Irish 2.9%, black 2%,

Indian 1.8%, Pakistani 1.3%, mixed 1.2%, other 1.6% (2001)• Religions: Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%,

Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001)• Literacy rate: 99% (2003 est.)• Geography :The United Kingdom, consisting of Great Britain (England, Wales, and Scotland)

and Northern Ireland, • Government: The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy

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SCOTLAND

FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM SCOTLAND

• Sean Connery (1930 - ) • Actor. Perhaps best known as James Bond, but more recent roles have included "The Untouchables", for which he

won an Oscar and the "Hunt for Red October". Also an accomplished amateur golfer.

• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) • Author. Creator of the detective Sherlock Holmes. He graduated from Edinburgh University in medicine and

practised in Edinburgh, aboard ship and in the Boer War. • Sir Alexander Fleming (1881 - 1955) • Born in Ayrshire, he discovered the world's first antibiotic drug - Penicillin. This was as a result of an "accident"

where mould was allowed to grow on a bacterial culture. Fleming was knighted and received the Nobel Prize in 1944.

• Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894) • Author. His works included "Kidnapped" and "Treasure Island". Suffered from poor health and died in Samoa• William Wallace (1274 - 1305) • Outlaw and defender of Scottish independence. Defeated the army of Edward I at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.

Shortly after Wallace's execution, Robert the Bruce was able to re-establish Scotland's independence

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