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	Scotland - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Scotland's only land border is with England, and runs for 96 kilometres (60 miles) between the River Tweed on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west.
		The territorial extent of Scotland is generally that established by the 1237 Treaty of York between Scotland and England and the 1266 Treaty of Perth between Scotland and Norway.
		The population of Scotland in the 2001 census was 5,062,011.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Scotland (6356 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Moray (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.
		The Moray council area was created in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, with the boundaries of the former Moray district of the two-tier Grampian region.
		This was abolished by the 1994 legislation, in favour of unitary council areas.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Moray (865 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Angus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The council area borders onto Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and the City of Dundee.
		Areas similar to that of the council area are covered by the Angus Westminster constituency and Angus Holyrood constituency.
		The area is fairly well populated with the larger towns and the City of Dundee on the coast.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Angus (308 words)

	ooBdoo
		Prior to 1975 was in the former county of Renfrewshire, comprising the burghs of Greenock, Port Glasgow and Gourock, and the former fifth district of Renfrewshire.
		Its landward area is bordered by the Kelly, North and South Routen burns to the south west (separating Wemyss Bay and Skelmorlie, North Ayrshire), part of the River Gryfe and the Finlaystone Burn to the south-east.
		In November 2005 the council was given a 6 month deadline to reorganise and improve further, following the resignation of the council chief in September and organisational changes in the wake of the original report.
	www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Inverclyde (468 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Scotland's largest city is Glasgow, the centre of the Greater Glasgow conurbation which is home to approximately 40% of Scotland's population.
		Scotland's legal system continues to be separate from those of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, therefore Scotland still constitutes a discrete jurisdiction in public and in private international law.
		Scotland is represented in the British House of Commons by 59 MPs elected from territory-based Scottish constituencies.
	www.gamecheatz.net /games.php?title=Scotland (6344 words)

	MapZones.com : Scotland Map
		Scotland is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean; on the east by the North Sea; on the southeast by England; on the south by Solway Firth and by the Irish Sea; and on the west by the North Channel and by the Atlantic Ocean.
		As a geopolitical entity Scotland includes 186 nearby islands, a majority of which are contained in three groups—the Hebrides, also known as the Western Isles, situated off the western coast; the Orkney Islands, situated off the northeastern coast; and the Shetland Islands, situated northeast of the Orkney Islands.
		The population of Scotland (1996 estimate) was 5,128,000.
	atlas.mapzones.com /scotland/scotland.php (2103 words)

	Report on North Lanarkshire Council by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
		Councils were requested to make any representations they wished on numbers of councillors by 29 April 1996 so that a meeting could be arranged with the Deputy Chairman and Secretary to discuss the pattern of representation and any matters regarding our review that the Council wished to raise.
		In a number of areas we were not able to adopt the revised proposals submitted to us because of the impact such changes would have across the wider Council area, particularly when consequential changes affected areas from which no representations had been received.
		It considered that the area, particularly that formerly designated as a new town, was the only one within the Council to have an expanding population and it expected that within a few years the population would be sufficient to allow an electoral parity of 3,500 within the existing wards.
	www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk /reports/northlanarkshire.htm (5864 words)

	Fife - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire.
		It is a lieutenancy area, and was a county of Scotland until 1975.
		Fife is a peninsula in eastern Scotland bordered on the north by the River Tay estuary, on the east by the North Sea and the Firth of Forth to the south.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Fife (471 words)

	East Ayrshire - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		East Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland.
		With South Ayrshire and the mainland areas of North Ayrshire, it forms the traditional county of Ayrshire.
		The area was formed in 1996, from the former Kilmarnock and Loudoun and Cumnock and Doon Valley districts.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/East_Ayrshire (138 words)

	Rannoch - Wikipedia Light! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rannoch (Raineach or Raithneach in Gaelic) is an area of the Scottish Highlands between the A9 road, to the east, and the A82, to the west.
		The area is crossed from south to north by the West Highland railway line.
		The loch is in the northwest of the council area of Perth and Kinross.
	godseye.com /wiki/index.php?title=Rannoch (179 words)

	Subdivisions of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Before 1996 the local government divisions of Scotland were regions and districts (each region consisting of a number of districts) and unitary island council areas; that scheme was introduced on May 16, 1975.
		Scotland has several other administrative divisions, some of which are handled by joint boards of the councils.
		Police and fire service areas date from the era (1975 to 1996) of regions and districts and island council areas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland (427 words)

	Elderly Care Provision Concerns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Audit Scotland said councils were not offering consistent information to enable it to measure their performance.
		The number of people aged 65 and over in Scotland is expected to rise by 46% to 1.2 million by 2027.
		The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla) said the report showed that councils were rising to the challenges of an ageing population.
	www.globalaging.org /health/world/2004/provi.htm (587 words)

	Glasgow
		Redevelopment of residential areas, combined with the increased cultural activities, have contributed to a better environment in Glasgow.
		With this the City Council has been successful in attracting tourists, conferences as well as major sporting events to the city.
		Public housing, previously administered by the Glasgow City Council, was transferred to the not-for-profit Glasgow Housing Association in 2003.
	members.fortunecity.com /glasgow (670 words)

	Learning and Teaching Scotland - Key areas of work (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The next stage was to set up a broadband schools' intranet which would deliver a range of services and applications to pupils, teachers and education managers across a secure online environment, with tools to enhance the teaching and learning processes and applications to facilitate collaboration and the creation of online communities.
		The Learning and Teaching Scotland Online Service offers curricular resources for teachers to use in lessons, as well as support and guidance materials, examples of interesting practice and key documents and information on a wide range of subjects and initiaves relevant to Scottish education, all available online.
		SCRAN, Scotland’s cultural portal, Am Baile and Resources for Learning in Scotland are just a few examples.
	www.ltscotland.org.uk /ngflscotland/keyareas.asp (501 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Edinburgh - Council house investors 'prey on' the elderly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The practice of approaching council house tenants has become widespread in Edinburgh and has also been reported in Glasgow, where many of the 80,000 tenants of the Glasgow Housing Association have the right to buy.
		The woman, who does not want to be named for fear of reprisals, was told she would be given a one-off cash payment and never have to pay rent again, provided she signed a legal document handing over the property after three years.
		As a council tenant for more than 15 years, she would be entitled to the full 70 per cent discount if she chose to buy her two-bedroom garden flat in Leith.
	news.scotsman.com /edinburgh.cfm?id=593462004 (968 words)

	Aberdeen Football -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Aberdeen is not the capital of Aberdeenshire; the city of Aberdeen is a regional area in itself...
		This University was the result of the amalgamation of the King's College in Old Aberdeen and the Marishal College in the city centre.
		The area is a conservation area with typically granite buildings in keeping with Aberdeen itself.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/0/aberdeen-football.html (852 words)

	Wikinfo \| Highland
		These councils, and Angus and Stirling, also have areas of the Scottish Highlands within their administrative boundaries.
		In 1996 these district councils were wound up and their functions were transferred to Highland Council, making it a unitary authority.
		These districts continue in use as areas for area committees.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Highland (226 words)

	Central Scotland Police and Microsoft Launch ICT Alliance to Support the Police Modernization Agenda: Migration to ...
		It underpins the process by which all aspects of Central Scotland Police’s communities’ concerns are addressed and it endeavours to target these issues in an intelligence-led and meaningful way.
		These initiatives continue to transform the way Central Scotland Police delivers its services by the introduction of new technology, with a key aim to reduce the burden of paperwork, giving officers more time to do what they do best — policing their communities.
		Central Scotland Police’s purpose is to address the public’s concerns and expectations by tackling those activities that erode the quality of life and damage the general well-being of the people of Central Scotland.
	www.microsoft.com /presspass/press/2005/aug05/08-11CSPPR.mspx (1189 words)

	SARDINIA
		The Gazetteer for Scotland is a vast geographical database, featuring details of towns, villages, bens and glens from the Scottish Borders to the Northern Isles.
		If you do not know station’s Council Area, it is advisable to use Any Word Search on the Gazetteer web site.
		The islands of Scotland have been identified into 10 distinct Island groups and for the award, there are a total of 170 such different islands.
	www.dxawards.com /DXAwardDir/sard-saud-scot.htm (2926 words)

	Welcome to sportscotland
		The latest on sport; in your back garden; in the park; at your local school; at the regional meet; on the world stage.
		It is the intention of this document to provide a model example of a child protection policy and procedures to protect children and vulnerable adults in sport.
		The main purposes of the audit were to establish the general condition of Scotland’s sports facilities, to estimate where necessary the capital cost of bringing them up to an acceptable standard and to estimate the costs of maintaining them in an acceptable condition.
	www.sportscotland.org.uk (191 words)

	BMD-Certificates.co.uk Sees U.K Birth Certificate Confusion for Scottish Descendants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Administrative counties were used for local government in Scotland, based on, but not identical to, the traditional counties.
		There is also the Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, used for ceremonial purposes.
		These are different both from the subdivisions and the traditional counties of Scotland.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2004/12/prweb185922.htm (637 words)

	Gazetteer for Scotland: Scottish Towns, Villages, Places, People, Families (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Gazetteer for Scotland is a vast geographical encyclopaedia, featuring details of towns, villages, bens and glens from the Scottish Borders to the Northern Isles.
		The first comprehensive gazetteer produced for Scotland since 1885, it includes tourist attractions, industries and historical sites, together with histories of family names, biographies of famous people and descriptions of historical events associated with Scotland.
		You can also use the interactive facilities in our free Member's Area to make maps and add your own comments to individual entries.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /~scotgaz/scotareas.html (249 words)

	Administrative divisions - Dubrovacko-Neretvanska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Scotland: 32 council areas: Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire,
		i>Scotland: 32 council areas: Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee City, East Ayrshire, East
		Scotland: 32 council areas: Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dumfries and Galloway,
	www.exxun.com /eqad/ad_admin_div_81.html (826 words)

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