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| | Subdivisions of Scotland |
 | | The Subdivisions of Scotland form the local government areas of Scotland, all of them unitary authorities, as usedby government and defined in law. |
 | | Before then the administrativedivision was the Region (pointedly not called counties, unlike their cousins in England and Wales), with a further subdivision of thedistrict, this scheme was introduced on May 16, 1975. |
 | | Before then there existed administrative counties, commonly called county councils of Scotland, thisbeing introduced in 1889. |
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