Dónde y qué es Gran Bretaña?

Where is Great Britain?

Great Britain is an island lying off the western coast of Europe, comprising the main territory of the United Kingdom.

What is Great Britain?

Great Britain is the official name given to the two kingdoms of England and Scotland, and the principality of Wales.

Great Britain is made up of:

England - The capital is London.
Scotland - The capital is Edinburgh .
Wales - The capital is Cardiff.
Great Britain is divided into small regions called counties.

Great Britain is divided into small regions called counties.


Is Great Britain the same as the UK?

No, Great Britain and the United Kingdom refer to different areas.

Great Britain is very often, but incorrectly, used as a synonym for the sovereign state properly known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or the UK for short.

If you look at the full name of the UK, you will see that the UK includes Great Britain AND Northern Ireland.



Great Britain is a political term which describes the combination of England, Scotland, and Wales, the three nations which together include all the land on the island. It is also a geographical term referring to the island on which the greater parts of England, Wales and Scotland are situated.




Great Britain has an area of 229,850 km² (88,745 sq. mi.) and is the largest island of the British Isles.


Is Great Britain the same as Britain?

Sometimes people use the shorten name Britain instead of Great Britain, to mean the same thing, but really Britain only refers to England and Wales.

The name Britain goes back to Roman times when they called England and Wales "Britannia" (or "Britannia Major", to distinguished from "Britannia Minor", ie Brittany in France). The Roman province of Britannia only covered the areas of modern England and Wales. The area of modern Scotland was never finally conquered.




The British Isles are occupied by two nations:

1. United Kingdom - a union of:

England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland


2.Republic of Ireland

Label a map of the British Isles

The Irish Sea separates Britain and Ireland.

The islands in the British Isles

The British Isles consists of the following islands:

* Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)

* Ireland (the Republic of Ireland)
A country west of England across the Irish Sea (not part of the United Kingdom)

* Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdom)

* The Orkney and Shetland Islands
Islands off the northeast coast of Scotland

* The Isle of Man
An island in the Irish Sea

* Hebrides (including the Inner Hebrides, Outer Hebrides and Small Isles) All are islands off the northwest coast of Scotland

* The Isle of Wight
An island off the southern coast of England

* Isles of Scilly
An island off the southwest coast of England

* Lundy Island
An island off the southwest coast of England

* The Channel Islands
A group of small islands in the English Channel, off the coast of Normandy, France. The principal islands of the group include Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark.

* Plus many other offshore islands