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Important information about
the United Kingdom of Great Brittain:
Country regions are England, Scotland, Wales and Northern-Ireland.
Capital London, 7 million inhabitants
Surface of the country 244.100 km2 (7x the Netherlands)
Population 60 million
Important information about Oxford:
Distance from Leiden 400 km
Situated 60 km west of London in a magnificent culture landscape: the
Cotswolds
Inhabitants 140.000
University founded in 1163, consisting of 35 'Colleges' (13th to 16th
century)
Employment car industry (Morris factory since 1912), tourism, university
Famous inhabitant Winston Churchill was born in 1874 at 13 km distance
in Blenheim Palace.
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