Highland (council area)
Highland
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Coat of arms | |
Highland shown within Scotland | |
| Coordinates: 57°30′N 5°00′W / 57.500°N 5.000°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Scotland |
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| Unitary authority | 1 April 1996 |
| Administrative HQ | The Highland Council Headquarters, Inverness |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council |
| • Body | The Highland Council |
| • Control | No overall control |
| • MPs | |
| • MSPs | +7 regional members |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,905 sq mi (25,653 km2) |
| • Rank | 1st |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 235,710 |
| • Rank | 7th |
| • Density | 20/sq mi (9/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-HLD |
| GSS code | S12000017 |
| Website | highland |
Highland (Scottish Gaelic: Gàidhealtachd, pronounced [ˈkɛːəl̪ˠt̪əxk];[a] Scots: Hieland) is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom. It was the 7th most populous council area in Scotland at the 2011 census. It has land borders with the council areas of Aberdeenshire, Argyll and Bute, Moray and Perth and Kinross. The wider upland area of the Scottish Highlands after which the council area is named extends beyond the Highland council area into all the neighbouring council areas plus Angus and Stirling.
The Highland Council is based in Inverness, the area's largest settlement. The area is generally sparsely populated, with much of the inland area being mountainous with numerous lochs. The area includes Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles. Most of the area's towns lie close to the eastern coasts. Off the west coast of the mainland the council area includes some of the Inner Hebrides, notably the Isle of Skye.
- ^ "Council and government". The Highland Council. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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