Council areas of Scotland

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The council areas of Scotland are the 32 local government districts that serve as the primary administrative subdivisions of the country, each governed by its own elected council.

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Label Occurrences
Council areas of Scotland canonical 1

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
local government district
adminLevel unitary authority
appliesToJurisdiction Scotland
country Scotland
governingBody Scottish local authorities
hasPart Aberdeen
surface form: Aberdeen City

Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll and Bute
Edinburgh
surface form: City of Edinburgh

Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee
surface form: Dundee City

East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire council area
surface form: East Dunbartonshire Council area

East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow City
Scottish Highlands
surface form: Highland

Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
Outer Hebrides
surface form: Na h-Eileanan Siar

North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney Islands
Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire NERFINISHED
Scottish Borders
Shetland
surface form: Shetland Islands

South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
West Lothian council area
surface form: West Lothian Council area
languageUsed English
Scottish Gaelic
legalBasis Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994
legislatedBy Scottish Parliament
numberOfParts 32
partOf United Kingdom local government structure
replaced districts of Scotland
islands council areas
regions of Scotland
startTime 1996
subdivisionOf Scotland
use local government

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Orkney Islands partOf Council areas of Scotland