TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandPresenter:ZhongLingLiuLingLiNaTheBriefProfileTheBriefProfileofofTheUnitedKingdom—ByZhongLingGeographicalLocationinEuroTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandLondonCompositionofBritainEnglandisinthesouthernpartofGreatBritain.Itisthelargest,mostpopuloussection.ENGLANDIRELANDNorthernIrelandisthefourthregi-onoftheUK.Capital:Belfast.ScotlandisinthenorthofGreatBrit-ain.Capital:EdinburghSCOTLANDWALESWalesisinthewestofGreatBritain.Capital:CardiffFLAGOFGREATBRITAINNationalflagisalsocalledtheUnionFlagortheUnionJack12TheflagofUKisacombinationoftheflagsofEngland,Scotland,andIrelandBriefProfileofTheUnitedKingdomBriefProfileofTheUnitedKingdomEconomyEconomyPopulationPopulation☞TheUKhasapartiallyregulatedfreemarketeconomy.Basedonmarketexchangerates,theUKisthesixthlargesteconomyintheworldandthethirdlargestinEuropeafterGermanyandFrance;☞TheUKservicesectornowmakesupabout73%ofGDP.Theservicesectorisdominatedbyfinancialservices,especiallyinbankingandinsurance.ItisthesecondlargestfinancialeconomyintheWorld;☞ThecurrencyoftheUKisthepoundsterling,andithasnotyetjoinedtheEuro.☞Bymid-2009,thetotalpopulationoftheUnitedKingdomwasestimatedtohavegrownto61,792,000,thethirdlargestintheEuropeanUnion,thefifthlargestintheCommonwealthandthetwenty-firstlargestintheworld.;☞Between2001and2008,thepopulationincreasedbyanaverageannualrateof0.5percent.Naturalpopulationgrowthandimmigrationarethemaincontributorstopopulationgrowth;☞.Englandisoneofthemostdenselypopulatedareasintheworld,Itspopulationaccountformorethan80%ofTheUK’s.ThecapitalofU.K.andthecapitalofEnglandaswellGreatBritain0fficialLanguages•TheEnglishlanguagistheofficiallanguageofficialoftheUnitedKingdom,andisspokenmonolinguallybyanestimated95%oftheBritishpopulation.•However,individualcountrieswithintheUKhaveframeworksforthepromotionoftheirindigenouslanguages.•InWales,allpupilsatstateschoolsmuststudyWelshuntilaged16,buttheWelshandEnglishlanguagesshouldbetreatedequallyinthepublicsector...