central Scotland

E60901

region of Scotland

Central Scotland is the densely populated heartland of the country, encompassing major cities like Glasgow and Edinburgh and serving as a key hub for Scotland’s transport, economy, and culture.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Central Scotland	19
Central Belt of Scotland	18
Central Belt	6
west central Scotland	1
west-central Scotland	1

Statements (85)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	region of Scotland ⓘ
borders	Scottish Highlands ⓘ surface form: Highlands Southern Uplands ⓘ
contains	Airdrie ⓘ Coatbridge ⓘ Cumbernauld ⓘ Dundee ⓘ Dunfermline ⓘ East Kilbride ⓘ Edinburgh ⓘ Falkirk ⓘ Glasgow ⓘ Greenock ⓘ Hamilton ⓘ Kirkcaldy NERFINISHED ⓘ Livingston ⓘ Motherwell ⓘ Paisley ⓘ Perth ⓘ St Andrews ⓘ Stirling ⓘ
containsUniversity	Edinburgh Napier University ⓘ Glasgow Caledonian University ⓘ Heriot-Watt University ⓘ University of Dundee ⓘ University of Edinburgh ⓘ University of Glasgow ⓘ University of St Andrews ⓘ University of Stirling ⓘ University of Strathclyde ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
drainedBy	River Clyde ⓘ River Forth ⓘ
hasCapitalCityOfScotland	Edinburgh ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Firth of Clyde ⓘ Firth of Forth ⓘ
hasCulturalAttraction	Edinburgh Castle ⓘ Edinburgh Festival Fringe ⓘ Edinburgh International Festival ⓘ Falkirk Wheel ⓘ Glasgow Cathedral ⓘ Glasgow International Comedy Festival ⓘ Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum ⓘ National Museum of Scotland ⓘ Riverside Museum ⓘ Royal Mile ⓘ Scottish Parliament Building ⓘ Stirling Castle ⓘ The Kelpies ⓘ
hasEconomicSector	education ⓘ financial services ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ technology ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasGeographicalFeature	central Scotland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Central Belt
hasLargestCity	Glasgow ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Edinburgh ⓘ Glasgow ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic	densely populated ⓘ
hasRole	cultural hub of Scotland ⓘ economic hub of Scotland ⓘ transport hub of Scotland ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
locatedIn	Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
overlapsWith	Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Scottish Central Belt
partOf	Scotland ⓘ
servedBy	Caledonian Sleeper ⓘ Edinburgh Haymarket railway station ⓘ Edinburgh Waverley ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh Waverley railway station Glasgow Central railway station ⓘ Glasgow Queen Street railway station ⓘ ScotRail ⓘ
servedByAirport	Edinburgh Airport ⓘ Glasgow Airport ⓘ Glasgow Prestwick Airport ⓘ
timeZone	British Summer Time ⓘ Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
traversedBy	A9 road NERFINISHED ⓘ M8 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ M80 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ M9 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ M90 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (60)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Forth estuary → region → central Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland

Govan → region → central Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland

Hamilton Academical F.C. → region → central Scotland ⓘ