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Capital:London

Geography
Continent:Europe
Location:Western Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France
Area:243 kmē
Geographic coordinates:54 00 N, 2 00 W
Elevation extremes:lowest point: The Fens -4 m
highest point: Ben Nevis 1,343 m

People
Population:60,270,708 (July 2004 est.)
Language(s):English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)

Economy
Currency:British pound (GBP)
Currency code:GBP

Miscellaneous
Country code plate:GB
Internet country code:.uk