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Highland is a council area located in the Scottish Highlands region of Scotland. It matters as one of Scotland's main local government divisions, responsible for providing public services to the residents and communities across this large geographic area.
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- Type
- Government
- Location
- Inverness, United Kingdom
- Status
- Active
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Official website
The Highland Council Homepage – Highland Council
The Highland Council website provides access to key services and information for local residents, businesses and visitors to the area.
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- na Gàidhealtachd
- Population
- 209760
- Area
- 25657.1465
- Official website
- www.highland.gov.uk
- Image
- 00 1448 Gairloch - Schottland.jpg
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- inception
- 1975-00-00
- Commons category
- Highland (council area)
- native label
- na Gàidhealtachd
- catalog code
- 18
- carbon footprint
- 317213.88
- P12749
- Saint-Pamphile
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Highland (Scottish Gaelic: Gàidhealtachd, pronounced [ˈkɛːəl̪ˠt̪əxk]; 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.
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