Central Belt
The Central Belt of Scotland is the broad lowland strip between the Firth of Forth in the east and the Firth of Clyde in the west. It includes Edinburgh and Glasgow the two principal cities, and a string of other large towns: most of the Scottish population live here.
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Central Belt
- Area
- Description: region in the Scottish Lowlands
- Also known as“Central Lowlands”“Lowland Triangle”“Midland Valley”“Midlands”“Scottish Midlands”
- Category: region
- Location
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Latitude of center
55.951° or 55° 57′ 4″ north
Longitude of center
-3.836° or 3° 50′ 10″ west
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Central Belt” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Central Belt”
- Bavarian: “Central Belt”
- Chinese: “蘇格蘭中心帶”
- Chinese: “蘇格蘭中部地帶”
- Dutch: “Central Belt”
- French: “Central Belt”
- German: “Central Belt”
- Hebrew: “החגורה המרכזית”
- Hebrew: “מרכז סקוטלנד”
- Italian: “Cintura centrale”
- Japanese: “セントラルベルト”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Central Belt”
- Norwegian: “Central Belt”
- Persian: “کمربند مرکزی”
- Portuguese: “Central Belt”
- Scots: “Central Belt”
- Spanish: “Central Belt”
- Spanish: “Cinturón Central”
- Venetian: “Sintura sentrałe”
“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”
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