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Rochdale Town Hall in Greater Manchester, England.

United Kingdomat a Glance

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94,058 square miles

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Temperate, with little change in temperatures between seasons; over 50 percent of days are overcast Iron ore, lead, zinc, tin, coal, natural gas, petroleum, gold, limestone, salt, clay, gypsum, chalk, potash, slate, silica sand, arable land Agricultural land: 71 percent (25.1 percent arable land, 0.2 percent permanent crops, 45.7 percent permanent pasture); forest: 11.9 percent; other: 17.1 percent London (9.046 million); Manchester (2.69 million); Birmingham (2.57 million); West Yorkshire (1.864 million); Glasgow (1.661 million); Southampton/Portsmouth (912,000) Islands in Western Europe, including the island of Great Britain, the northern one-sixth of Ireland, and Rockall and Shetland Islands; northwest of France between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea; terrain includes rugged hills in the west and northwest, some mountains in Scotland, rolling plains and level lands in the east and southeast 83.4 percent of total population

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