Country guide
United Kingdom
Capital, flag, borders and quick geography facts for United Kingdom.
Key facts
- Capital
- London
- Region
- Europe
- Area
- 244,376 km²
- Population
- 69,281,437
Neighboring countries
United Kingdom has 1 land neighbors in the country data.
Learn United Kingdom
London is the capital of the United Kingdom. The Metropolitan Railway, which opened in London in 1863, was the world's first underground passenger railway.
The United Kingdom covers 244,376 square kilometers and borders only Ireland. Ben Nevis in Scotland, standing 1,345 metres tall, is the highest mountain in the United Kingdom.
The Welsh village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch holds the United Kingdom's longest place name, with 58 characters.
Trivia
- The United Kingdom's Giant's Causeway has over 40,000 basalt columns formed about 60 million years ago.
- Ben Nevis in Scotland, standing 1,345 metres tall, is the highest mountain in the United Kingdom.
- The Welsh village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch has the longest place name in the United Kingdom, with 58 characters.
- The Metropolitan Railway, which opened in London in 1863, was the world's first underground passenger railway.
- The United Kingdom has no single written constitutional document, relying instead on a mix of statutes, court rulings, and long-standing conventions.
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