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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland \(the UK\) occupies the British Isles and consists of 4 parts: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The country has the ... of 60 million people within the land area of 244 thousand square ... . The isles are ... by the Atlantic Ocean in the north and in the ... and by the English Channel in the south. The UK is separated from ... Europe by the North Sea. Great Britain is separated from Northern Ireland by the Irish Sea and the North ... .