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标 题: Brief Introdution to Ireland
发信站: 听涛站 (2001年09月02日02:43:44 星期天), 站内信件
Brief Introdution to Ireland
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Xinhuanet 2001.08.29 11:02:38
Ireland is an island on the western fringe of Europe. The independen
t twenty-six county area, comprising 70,282 sq. km。 In 1973 Ireland becam
e a member of the European Union (EU).
Ireland's mild and equable climate is a reflection of the fact that its
shores are bathed by the relatively warm ocean waters of the North Atlanti
c Drift. Valencia, in the extreme south-west, has an average January temper
ature of 7?C and a July temperature of 1 5?C, a range of only eight degrees
. The figures for Dublin are 4.5?C in January and 1 5.5?C in July, a range
of eleven degrees.
Extremely high or low temperatures are virtually unknown.
Farms and enclosed fields dominate the Irish landscape. Two-thirds of t
he surface area is improved agricultural land and much of the remainder is
used by farmers as rough grazing for cattle and sheep.
Almost all the land is owned by the farmers who work it, the former def
ective tenancy system as was replaced by owner-occupancy in the late ninete
enth and early twentieth century. Tillage occupies one-tenth of the agricul
tural land, the main crops being barley, wheat, oats, potatoes and sugar be
et. They are mainly on the lighter soils in the drier and sunnier east of t
he country, though oats and potatoes are better able to tolerate conditions
in the west.
Full country name: Republic of Ireland
Area: 70,282 sq km/43,575 sq mi
Population: 3.6 million
Capital city: Dublin (population 1.5 million)
People: Irish
Language: English, Irish (around 80,000 native
speakers)
Religion: 95% Roman Catholic, 3.4% Protestant in the Republic; 60% Prot
estant, 40% Roman Catholic in the North
Head of state: Mary McAleese
Prime Minister: Bertie Ahern Enditem
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