Scotland
Scotland is one of the constituent nations of the United Kingdom. It borders England to the south, and is separated from Northern Ireland by the Irish Sea.
Photo: MaiDireLollo, Public domain.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland located in the Central Belt region of the country. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.Hebrides
The Hebrides are the most beautiful part of the British Isles. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.Scottish Highlands
The Scottish Highlands is the rugged northern and north-western portion of Scotland. Photo: Kirua, CC BY-SA 3.0.Inner Hebrides
The Inner Hebrides are those islands lying close to the mainland of Western Scotland. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.Destinations
Central Belt
The Central Belt of Scotland is that part of the country which stretches from Glasgow in the west to Edinburgh in the east, and contains the majority of the population. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.North East Scotland
North East Scotland is the eastern region of Scotland bounded by the Firth of Forth to the south and the Moray Firth to the north; its cities are Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.South West
South West Scotland is a lowland region of Scotland, a triangle bounded to the west by the Firth of Clyde and to the south by the Solway Firth. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.Shetland Islands
The Shetland Islands are the most northerly part of the United Kingdom, a group of islands 100 mi north of mainland Scotland. Photo: juvlai, CC BY-SA 2.0.Orkney Islands
The Orkney Islands are an archipelago of over 70 islands some 10 miles off the northern tip of Scotland. Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 3.0.Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders is a region in southeastern Scotland adjoining the border with England, a fact which has heavily influenced the history of this region. Photo: Andrew Bowden, CC BY-SA 2.0.Scotland
- Type: Nation within the UK
- Description: country in Northwest Europe, part of the United Kingdom
- Category: nation
- Location: United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- Neighbors: England
Latitude of center 56.4989° or 56° 29' 56" north | Longitude of center -4.2188° or 4° 13' 7.5" west |
Population 5,400,000 | Elevation 561 feet (171 metres) |
GeoNames ID 2638360 |
Also Known As
- Afar: Shotlandiya
- Afrikaans: Skotland
- Albanian: Skocia
- Amharic: ስኮትላንድ
- Arabic: Scotland
- Arabic: إسكتلندا
- Arabic: اسكتلندا
- Arabic: اسكوتلندا
- Arabic: سكوتلاند
- Aragonese: Escocia
- Armenian: Շոտլանդիա
- Asturian: Escocia
- Asturian: SCT
- Asturian: Scotland
- Aymara: Iskusiya
- Azerbaijani: Şotlandiya
- Bashkir: Шотландия
- Basque: Eskozia
- Bavarian: Schottland
- Belarusian: Шатландыя
- Belarusian: Шатляндыя
- Belarusian: Шкоцыя
- Bengali: স্কটল্যান্ড
- Bhojpuri: स्काटलैंड
- Bhojpuri: स्काट लैंड
- Bhojpuri: स्कॉटलैंड
- Bosnian: Škotska
- Breton: Bro-Skos
- Breton: Skos
- Bulgarian: Шотландия
- Burmese: စကော့တလန်နိုင်ငံ
- Catalan: Escòcia
- Catalan: Scotland
- Cebuano: Scotland
- Central Bikol: Eskosya
- Central Kurdish: سکۆتلاند
- Chavacano: Escocia
- Chechen: Шотланди
- Chinese: So͘-kat-lân
- Chinese: 苏格兰
- Chinese: 蘇格蘭
- Chuvash: Шотланди
- Cornish: Alban
- Corsican: Scozia
- Croatian: Kaledonija
- Croatian: Škotska
- Czech: Skotsko
- Danish: Skotland
- Dimli (individual language): İskoçya
- Dotyali: स्कटल्याण्ड
- Dutch: Schotland
- Egyptian Arabic: اسكتلاندا
- Egyptian Arabic: سكوتلاند
- English: Alba
- English: Caledonia
- English: SCT
- English: Scot
- English: Scotland, United Kingdom
- Erzya: Шотландия Мастор
- Esperanto: Skotio
- Esperanto: Skotlando
- Esperanto: Skotujo
- Estonian: Šotimaa
- Extremaduran: Escocia
- Extremaduran: Escócia
- Faroese: Skotland
- Fiji Hindi: Scotland
- Fijian: Sikoteladi
- Finnish: Skotlanti
- French: Ecosse
- French: Écosse
- Galician: Escocia
- Galician: اسكاتلند
- Georgian: შოტლანდია
- German: Schottland
- Gilaki: اسكاتلند
- Goan Konkani: Scotland
- Goan Konkani: स्कॉटलंड
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍄𐌴𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳
- Greek: Σκωτία
- Guarani: Ekósia
- Gujarati: સ્કોટલેન્ડ
- Haitian: Ekòs
- Hakka Chinese: Sû-kak-làn
- Hausa: Scotland
- Hebrew: סקוטלנד
- Hindi: स्कॉटलैंड
- Hindi: स्कॉटलैण्ड
- Hungarian: Skócia
- Icelandic: Skotland
- Ido: Skotia
- Iloko: Eskosia
- Inari Sami: Skotland
- Indonesian: Skotlandia
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Scotia
- Interlingue: Scotia
- Irish: Albain
- Italian: Scozia
- Japanese: アルバ
- Japanese: カレドニア
- Japanese: スコット
- Japanese: スコットランド
- Javanese: Sekotlan
- Javanese: Skotlandia
- Kabiyè: Ekɔsɩ
- Kalmyk: Скотишин Таңһч
- Kannada: ಆಲ್ಬಾ
- Kannada: ಸ್ಕಾಟ್ ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್
- Kara-Kalpak: Shotlandiya
- Karachay-Balkar: Шотландия
- Kashubian: Szkòckô
- Kazakh: Шотландия
- Khmer: ស្កុតឡែន
- Kirghiz: Шотландия
- Komi: Шотландия
- Korean: 스코틀랜드
- Kurdish: Skotland
- Kölsch: Schottland
- Ladino: Eskosia
- Lao: Eskosia
- Lao: ປະເທດເອກົດ
- Latin: Caledonia
- Latin: Scotia
- Latvian: Skotija
- Ligurian: Scòçia
- Limburgan: Sjotland
- Lingala: Ekósi
- Lingua Franca Nova: Scotland
- Literary Chinese: 蘇格蘭
- Lithuanian: Škotija
- Lojban: sunko'ogu'e
- Lombard: Scozia
- Low German: Schotlaand
- Low German: Schottland
- Lower Sorbian: Šotiska
- Luxembourgish: Schottland
- Macedo-Romanian: Scotlandia
- Macedonian: Шкотска
- Malagasy: Ekôsy
- Malay: Scotland
- Malayalam: സ്കോട്ട് ലൻഡ്
- Malayalam: സ്കോട്ട്ലാന്റ്
- Malayalam: സ്കോട്ട്ലൻഡ്
- Maltese: Skozja
- Manx: Nalbin
- Maori: Koterana
- Maori: Koterangi
- Marathi: स्कॉटलंड
- Mazanderani: اسکاتلند
- Min Dong Chinese: Sŭ-gáik-làng
- Min Nan Chinese: Scot-tē
- Mingrelian: შოტლანდია
- Mon: သကတ်လာန်
- Mongolian: Шотланд
- Mongolian: သကတ်လာန်
- Moroccan Arabic: سكوطلاندا
- Narom: Êcosse
- Nepali: स्कटल्यान्ड
- Northern Frisian: Skotlun
- Norwegian: Skottland
- Norwegian Bokmål: Skottland
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Skottland
- Novial: Skotia
- Occitan (post 1500): Escòcia
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Scotland
- Ossetian: Шотланди
- Pampanga: Scotland
- Panjabi: ਸਕਾਟਲੈਂਡ
- Papiamento: Eskosia
- Persian: اسکاتلند
- Picard: Écosse
- Piemontese: Scòssia
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Skotlund
- Polish: Szkocja
- Portuguese: Escócia
- Quechua: Iskusya
- Romanian: Scoția
- Romansh: Scozia
- Russia Buriat: Шотланд
- Russian: Альба
- Russian: Скотланд
- Russian: Шотландия
- Samoan: Sikotilani
- Samogitian: Škuotėjė
- Santali: ᱥᱠᱚᱴᱞᱮᱱᱰ
- Sardinian: Iscotzia
- Saterfriesisch: Skotlound
- Scots: Scotland
- Scottish Gaelic: Alba
- Serbian: SCT
- Serbian: Scot
- Serbian: Алба
- Serbian: Каледонија
- Serbian: Шкотска
- Serbo-Croatian: Schottland
- Serbo-Croatian: Škotska
- Shan: မိူင်းသၵွတ်ႉတလႅၼ်ႇ
- Shona: Scotland
- Sicilian: Scozzia
- Silesian: Szkocyjo
- Sindhi: اسڪاٽ
- Sindhi: اسڪاٽلينڊ
- Sindhi: اسڪاٽ لينڊ
- Sindhi: اسڪاٽ لينڊ، برطانيا
- Sindhi: البا
- Sindhi: ڪاليدونيا
- Sindhi: ڪاليڊونيا
- Sindhi: ڪيليڊونيا
- Sinhala: ස්කොට්ලන්තය
- Slovak: Škótsko
- Slovenian: Škotska
- Somali: Skotland
- South Azerbaijani: ایسکاتلند
- Spanish: Caledonia
- Spanish: Escocia
- Sundanese: Skotlandia
- Swahili: Uskoti
- Swati: Sikoshilandi
- Swedish: Skottland
- Swiss German: Schottland
- Tagalog: Eskosya
- Tagalog: Scotland
- Tajik: Шотландия
- Tamil: ஆல்பா
- Tamil: இசுக்கொட்லாந்து
- Tamil: ஸ்காட்லாந்து
- Tatar: Шотландия
- Telugu: స్కాట్లాండ్
- Tetum: Eskósia
- Thai: Scotland
- Thai: ประเทศสกอตแลนด์
- Thai: ประเทศสก็อตแลนด์
- Thai: ประเทศสก๊อตแลนด์
- Thai: สก็อต
- Thai: สก็อตแลนด์
- Thai: สก๊อตแลนด์
- Thai: แคว้นสกอตแลนด์
- Thai: แคว้นสก็อตแลนด์
- Tibetan: སི་ཁོ་ཁྲི་ལན་ཌི།
- Tok Pisin: Skotlan
- Tosk Albanian: Schottland
- Turkish: İskoçya
- Udmurt: Шотландия
- Uighur: Shotlandiye
- Ukrainian: Шотландія
- Upper Sorbian: Šotiska
- Urdu: اسکاٹ لینڈ
- Urdu: کالیڈونیا
- Uzbek: Shotlandiya
- Venetian: Scozia
- Venetian: Scòsia
- Veps: Šotlandii
- Vietnamese: Scotland
- Vlaams: Schotland
- Volapük: Skotän
- Võro: Sotimaa
- Walloon: Escôsse
- Waray (Philippines): Escocia
- Welsh: Yr Alban
- Western Frisian: Skotlân
- Western Panjabi: سکاٹ لینڈ
- Western Panjabi: سکاٹلینڈ
- Wu Chinese: 苏格兰
- Yiddish: סקאטלאנד
- Yoruba: Skọ́tlándì
- Yue Chinese: 蘇格蘭
- Zeeuws: Schotland
- Zulu: IsiKotilandi
- Escotlālpan
- Skotlenda
- स्कॉट्लैण्ड
- ಸ್ಕಾಟ್ಲೆಂಡ್
- អេកូស
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