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The Cities of Great Britain

London is the capital of England and of the UK of Great Britain and Northern Ileland. It is one of the largest cities in the world. It is an industrial and cultural center and the most important port in the British Isles.

Birmingham is the second largest city in Great Britain. When William Shakespeare was alive, Birmingham was just a little village. Now it is a center of the iron and many other industries. Birmingham’s factories produce many cars, buses, trolley buses, trams and other machines. They also produce medical instruments. The territory round Birmingham is known as the Black Country. There are many factories, plants and mines there, and there are very few trees.

Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland. In is oldest and largest city in the north. Edinburgh is a large industrial center. It has electrical, electronics, chemical and other important enterprises.

Nearly 84 per cent of the total population of the United Kingdom lives in England.

The most densely populated areas of England are the major cities and metropolitan areas of London and the South East, South and West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside, the West Midlands, and the conurbations on the rivers Tyne,Wear and Tees. London has the highest population density with 4,00 people per square kilometre, and the South West the lowest (210 people per square kilometre).

There are several large cities on the island of Great Britain but the largest is London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom. Other large cities include Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester.