Perth and Kinross Pairth an Kinross Peairt agus Ceann Rois |
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Admin HQ | Perth | |
Government | ||
• Body | Perth & Kinross Council | |
• Control | Con + LD + Ind (council NOC) | |
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Area | ||
• Total | 2,041 sq mi (5,285 km2) | |
Area rank | Ranked 5th | |
Population (mid-2016 est.) | ||
• Total | 150,700 | |
• Rank | Ranked 12th | |
• Density | 70/sq mi (28/km2) | |
ONS code | S12000024 | |
ISO 3166 code | GB-PKN | |
Website | http://www.pkc.gov.uk/ |
Perth and Kinross (Scots: Pairth an Kinross, Scottish Gaelic: Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and Stirling council areas. Perth is the administrative centre. With the exception of a large area of south-western Perthshire, the council area mostly corresponds to the historic counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire.
Perthshire and Kinross-shire shared a joint county council from 1929 until 1975. The area formed a single local government district in 1975 within the Tayside region under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and was then reconstituted as a unitary authority (with a minor boundary adjustment) in 1996 by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
On 18 September 2014, Perth and Kinross, voted "No" in the Scottish Independence Referendum at 60.2% with an 86.9% turnout rate.