Scotland | |
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Anthem: | |
Status | Country |
Capital | Edinburgh 55°57′11″N 3°11′20″W / 55.95306°N 3.18889°W |
Ethnic groups (2011) | List of ethnicities |
Religion (2011) | List of religions |
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Government | Devolved parliamentary legislature within a constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Charles III |
Humza Yousaf | |
Shona Robison | |
Parliament of the United Kingdom | |
• Secretary of State | Alister Jack |
• House of Commons | 59 MPs (of 650) |
Legislature | Scottish Parliament |
Formation | |
9th century (traditionally 843) | |
17 March 1328 | |
3 October 1357 | |
1 May 1707 | |
19 November 1998 | |
Area | |
• Land | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
• Water (%) | 3.00% |
Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 5,463,300 |
• 2011 census | 5,313,600 |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
GVA | 2017 estimate |
• Total | £138 billion |
• Per capita | £25,500 |
GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | £166.8 billion |
• Per capita | £30,530 ($44,000) |
HDI (2018) | 0.913 very high · 4th |
Currency | Pound sterling (GBP; £) |
Time zone | UTC (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (AD) |
Driving side | left |
Calling code | +44 |
ISO 3166 code | GB-SCT |
Internet TLD | .scot |
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Scotland (Scots: Scotland, Scottish Gaelic: Alba [ˈal̪ˠapə] ( listen)) is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Scotland located on the northern third of Great Britain. Many other islands in the British Isles are also part of Scotland. To the south of Scotland is England, the North Sea is to the east, the Atlantic Ocean is to the west and the Irish Sea is to the south-west.
The capital city of Scotland is Edinburgh on the east coast, but the biggest city is Glasgow on the west coast. The other cities in Scotland are Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Perth, Stirling and Dunfermline. About five million people live in Scotland. Most of the population lives in the Central Belt, an area between the Scottish Highlands and the Scottish Lowlands.