Each county or shire had a county town as its administrative centre and was divided into individual parishes that were defined along ecclesiastic boundaries. Between 1889 (1890 in Scotland) and 1974, the political boundaries were based on the traditional counties, but due to changes in population centres, the traditional counties became impractical as local government areas in certain highly urbanised areas.
The lowest was recorded at Braemar in the Grampian Mountains, Scotland, on 11 February 1895 and 10 January 1982 and Altnaharra, also in Scotland, on 30 December 1995. ==Human geography== === Demographics === ===Political geography=== ====National government==== The UK is governed as a whole by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Local Government Act 1972 created a new system of administrative counties, designed to take account of the widely differing populations across different parts of the country. In the 1990s further population growth led to more political changes on a local level.
Each county or shire had a county town as its administrative centre and was divided into individual parishes that were defined along ecclesiastic boundaries. Between 1889 (1890 in Scotland) and 1974, the political boundaries were based on the traditional counties, but due to changes in population centres, the traditional counties became impractical as local government areas in certain highly urbanised areas.
The lowest was recorded at Braemar in the Grampian Mountains, Scotland, on 11 February 1895 and 10 January 1982 and Altnaharra, also in Scotland, on 30 December 1995. ==Human geography== === Demographics === ===Political geography=== ====National government==== The UK is governed as a whole by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Local Government Act 1972 created a new system of administrative counties, designed to take account of the widely differing populations across different parts of the country. In the 1990s further population growth led to more political changes on a local level.
It has met Kyoto Protocol target of a 12.5% reduction from 1990 levels and intends to meet the legally binding target of a 20% cut in emissions by 2010.
The lowest was recorded at Braemar in the Grampian Mountains, Scotland, on 11 February 1895 and 10 January 1982 and Altnaharra, also in Scotland, on 30 December 1995. ==Human geography== === Demographics === ===Political geography=== ====National government==== The UK is governed as a whole by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
About 130 of these are inhabited according to the 2001 Census. The largest island in the UK is Great Britain.
It has met Kyoto Protocol target of a 12.5% reduction from 1990 levels and intends to meet the legally binding target of a 20% cut in emissions by 2010.
By 2015, to recycle or compost at least 33% of household waste.
In some years rainfall in Essex can be below , less than the average annual rainfall in Jerusalem and Beirut. The highest temperature recorded in the UK was at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden in Cambridge, on 25 July 2019.
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