20/06/2023
DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UK, GREAT BRITAIN, BRITAIN, ENGLAND?
A lot of people often confuse England, United Kingdom, Britain and Great Britain. Well, here's the way to differentiate them:
*England* is a country just as Zambia, and its capital is *London* just like Lusaka is the capital of Zambia.
*Great Britain* is a collection of 3 countries which came together as one country and has its capital as *London.* Those 3 countries are:
1. *England,*
2. *Scotland* and
3. *Wales.*
When you include *Northern Ireland* to these 3 countries, they become *United Kingdom* (union of four nations) Viz:
1. England,
2. Scotland,
3. Wales, and
4. Northern Ireland.
That is why it is referred to as the *United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.*
Collectively, the four are taken as one country. And when this is the case, *London* is its capital.
Note however that these four individual nations all have their own respective capitals.
Accordingly, the capital of
Scotland is *Edinburgh*,
Wales is *Cardiff*; Northern Ireland is *Belfast*;
England is *London*.
Ps: Northern Ireland is not to be mistaken for the *Republic of Ireland*. The latter is a separate country. Its capital is *Dublin*.
Thank you
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