The+Republic+of+Ireland

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__General Informations:__
Official country name: The Republic of Ireland.

Year that your country joined the UN: 14/12/1955.

__**People:**__
1. What are the people from the country called. The people from the Republic of Ireland are called Irish.

2. What is the official language? What other languages do people speak? The official language in the Republic of Ireland is english but the 90% of the population speaks irish as a daily language and also due to the inmigration some speak polish.

3. What is the most practised religion? The most practised religion in the Republic of Ireland is the anglicism.

4. How much levels of education does your country has? The education in the Republic of Ireland has three levels of education: Primary, secondary and higher education.

__Goverment:__
1. What is the name of the leader of the country? The name of the president of the Republic of Ireland is Mary Mc Aleese.

2. What type of goverment is the country ruled by?. The goverment of the Republic of Ireland is a parliamentary democracy.

3. What are the main political parties of the country? The main political parties of the Republic of Ireland are republicans.

4. Was your country ever a colony? If so, when did it gain its independence? Ireland was a colony of England from the 1 January 1801 until 6 December 1922.

__Geography:__
1. Where is the country? In the north of Europe.

2. What other nations border the country? Northern Ireland.

3. What kind of landscape does the country have? At the center is flat but at the coasts is has some small mountains and cliffs.

4. How much km of area does the island of ireland has? The island extends 84,421 km.

5. How is Ireland´s temperature like?  At most 29 °C and less than -6 °C minimum.

__Economy:__
1. What is the most common sector of employment in your country? Services and industry, representing 38 % of GNP (Gr oss National Product), about 80 % of exports and employs 28 % of the w orkforce.

2. What is the unemployment rate in your country?  14% of workforce.

3. How much humanitarian aid gives your country to poor countries ? A lot, is one of the countries who gives most humanitarian aid.

The most surprising thing I learned about my country was:  How much humanitarian aid gives.