Perth and Kinross
| Perth and Kinross Pairth an Kinross Peairt agus Ceann Rois |
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| Admin HQ | Perth | |
| Government | ||
| • Body | Perth & Kinross Council | |
| • Control | SNP minority (council NOC) | |
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 2,041 sq mi (5,285 km2) | |
| Area rank | Ranked 5th | |
| Population (mid-2015 est.) | ||
| • Total | 149,900 | |
| • 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. The council boundaries correspond broadly, but not exactly, with the former 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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