Great Britain (6)

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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.
Location: Western Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the size of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France.
Land Size : 244,820 sq km 
Population of Great Britain:61,792,000 (2009)
Capital City of Great Britain : London
Other cities: Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Bradford, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol, Belfast.
Longest river: Thames (346 km),The Severn is officially Britain's longest river as it flows through both Wales and England.
Largest Lake: Windermere (14.7 sq km) ...