Highland (local government area)
| Highland A' Ghàidhealtachd (Scottish Gaelic) Hieland (Scots) |
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| Coordinates: 57°30′N 5°00′W / 57.500°N 5.000°WCoordinates: 57°30′N 5°00′W / 57.500°N 5.000°W | |||
| Admin HQ | Inverness | ||
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| • Body | The Highland Council www (Comhairle na Gaidhealtachd www |
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| • Control | Ind + LD + Lab (council NOC) | ||
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| Area | |||
| • Total | 9,906 sq mi (25,657 km2) | ||
| Area rank | Ranked 1st | ||
| Population (mid-2016 est.) | |||
| • Total | 234,800 | ||
| • Rank | Ranked 7th | ||
| • Density | 20/sq mi (9/km2) | ||
| ONS code | S12000017 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | GB-HLD | ||
Highland (Scottish Gaelic: A' Ghàidhealtachd; pronounced [kɛːəl̪ˠt̪əxk]) is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in the United Kingdom. It was the 7th most populous council area at the 2011 census. It shares borders with the council areas of Aberdeenshire, Argyll and Bute, Moray and Perth and Kinross. Their councils, and those of Angus and Stirling, also have areas of the Scottish Highlands within their administrative boundaries.
The Highland area covers most of the mainland and inner-Hebridean parts of the historic counties of Inverness-shire and Ross and Cromarty, all of Caithness, Nairnshire and Sutherland and small parts of Argyll and Moray.
Unlike the other council areas of Scotland, the name Highland is often not used as a proper noun. The council's website only sometimes refers to the area as being Highland, and other times as being the Highland Council Area or the Highlands. Road signs on the boundary of the council area say "Welcome to the Highlands" rather than "Welcome to Highland". The council area does not cover the whole of the Scottish Highlands.
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