West Lothian
West Lothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, bordering the City of Edinburgh council area, Scottish Borders, South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire and Falkirk.- Type: County with 186,000 residents
- Description: Scottish council area
- Also known as: “Condado de Linlithgow”, “Condado de West Lothian”, “County of Linlithgow”, “Distrito de West Lothian”, “GB-WLN”, “Labhaidh Thiar”, “Labhdaidh an Iar”, “Linlithgow”, “Linlithgowshire”, “Lodainn Thiar”, “Lothian dell’ovest”, “Lothian occidentale”, “okcidenta Lothian”, “West Lothian County”, “Westlothian”, “Zahodni Lothian”, “غرب لوثيان”, “لوثيان الغربية”, “لوذيان الغربية”, “웨스트 로디언”, “웨스트 로디언 주”, “ウェスト・ロジアン”, “ウエスト・ロジアン”, “ウェストロージアン”, “ウェストロジアン”, and “ウエストロジアン”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Uphall railway station and Almondvale Stadium.
Almondvale Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Alistairjh, Public domain.Livingston North railway station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Livingston and Broxburn.
West Lothian
- Categories: council area, registration county, lieutenancy area of Scotland, Scottish district, and locality
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.9167° or 55° 55′ north
Longitude
-3.5° or 3° 30′ west
Population
186,000
Elevation
410 feet (125 metres)
Abbreviation
“WLN”
Open location code
9C7RWG82+M2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=county
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“West Lothian” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غرب لوذيان”
- Armenian: “Ուեսթ Լոտիան”
- Azerbaijani: “Uest-Lotian”
- Basque: “Mendebaldeko Lothian”
- Belarusian: “Заходні Лотыян”
- Bengali: “ওয়েস্ট লোথিয়ান”
- Breton: “West Lothian”
- Bulgarian: “Западен Лоудиън”
- Catalan: “West Lothian”
- Cebuano: “West Lothian”
- Chinese: “西洛錫安”
- Chinese: “西洛锡安”
- Czech: “Západní Lothian”
- Danish: “West Lothian”
- Dutch: “West Lothian”
- Esperanto: “West Lothian”
- Estonian: “West Lothian”
- Fiji Hindi: “West Lothian”
- Finnish: “Länsi-Lothian”
- French: “West Lothian”
- German: “West Lothian”
- Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમ લોથીયાન”
- Hebrew: “וסט לות’יאן”
- Hindi: “वेस्ट लोदीयन”
- Icelandic: “Vestur-Lothian”
- Ido: “West Lothian”
- Irish: “Comhairle Lodainn an Iar”
- Irish: “Labhaidh Thoir”
- Irish: “Lodainn an Iar”
- Italian: “Lothian Occidentale”
- Japanese: “ウェスト・ロージアン”
- Kannada: “ವೆಸ್ಟ್ ಲೋಥಿಯನ್”
- Korean: “웨스트로디언 주”
- Korean: “웨스트로디언”
- Kurdish: “West Lothian”
- Latin: “Lithgoana”
- Latvian: “Rietumlotjana”
- Lithuanian: “Vakarų Lodianas”
- Lithuanian: “Vakarų Lotianas”
- Macedonian: “Западен Лотијан”
- Manx: “Lodainn Heear”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sai Lothian”
- Northern Frisian: “West Lothian”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “West Lothian”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “West Lothian”
- Norwegian: “West Lothian”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “West Loðene”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Westloðen”
- Persian: “لوتیان غربی”
- Polish: “West Lothian”
- Portuguese: “West Lothian”
- Romanian: “West Lothian”
- Russian: “Западный Лотиан”
- Russian: “Уэст-Лотиан”
- Scots: “Wast Lowden”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Comhairle Lodainn an Iar”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Lodainn an Iar”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zapadni Lothian”
- Slovenian: “West Lothian”
- Spanish: “West Lothian”
- Swedish: “West Lothian”
- Tamil: “மேற்கு லோதியன்”
- Telugu: “పశ్చిమ లోథియన్”
- Turkish: “West Lothian”
- Ukrainian: “Західний Лотіан”
- Urdu: “مغربی لوتھین”
- Venetian: “Lothian Occidentale”
- Welsh: “Gorllewin Lothian”
- Western Panjabi: “ویسٹ لوتھیان”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Uphall Station and Pumpherston.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Uphall Station Bowling Pavilion and Uphall Institute.
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