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Scotland
Comprising: Scotland
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- Eilean Siar
- Highland
- Orkney Islands
- Shetland Islands
- Moray
- Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen City
- Argyll & Bute
- Perth & Kinross
- Angus
- Stirling
- Dundee City
- Fife
- North Ayrshire
- Inverclyde
- West Dunbartonshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- Falkirk
- Renfrewshire
- Glasgow City
- North Lanarkshire
- West Lothian
- City of Edinburgh
- East Lothian
- East Renfrewshire
- Midlothian
- Clackmannanshire
- South Ayrshire
- East Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- Scottish Borders
- Dumfries & Galloway
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Comprising: Scotland
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Area: 30,090 sq miles
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Capital: Edinburgh
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Population: 5.4 million
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Demonym: Scottish
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Airports: 38, including Edinburgh, Glasgow, Prestwick, Inverness and Aberdeen
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Ports, oil terminals and/or dockyards: 10, including Grangemouth, Leith, Aberdeen, Finnart and Rosyth
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Background: Scotland has been a single country since 843 AD. The country merged with England via the Act of Union in 1707. It attained devolved powers in 1998.