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District of Perth and Kinross

Perth and Kinross
Pairth an Kinross
Peairt agus Ceann Rois
Perth and Kinross in Scotland.svg
Coat of arms of Perth and KinrossPairth an KinrossPeairt agus Ceann Rois
Coat of arms
Admin HQ Perth
Government
 • Body Perth & Kinross Council
 • Control Con + LD + Ind (council NOC)
 • MPs
 • MSPs
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.


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