The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Scotland: Scotland – The oldest monarchy in Europe, the second oldest country in Europe and is the fifth oldest country in the world, preceding France, England and Denmark. It is currently part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the largest island, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the southwest. In addition to the mainland, Scotland consists of over 790 islands including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides.

General reference

* Pronunciation: * Etymology of "Scotland" * Common English country name(s): Scotland * Official English country name(s): Scotland * Common

endonym An endonym (from Greek: , 'inner' + , 'name'; also known as autonym) is a common, ''native'' name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside that particular place, group, ...

(s): Alba * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s):

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

, Scots, Scotch *

Demonym A demonym (; ) or gentilic () is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place (hamlet, village, town, city, region, province, ...

(s): Scottish, Scots

Geography of Scotland

Geography of Scotland * Scotland is: a constituent country of the United Kingdom. ''See Countries of the United Kingdom.'' * Population of Scotland: 5,254,800 (2011 est) *

Area of Scotland The geography of Scotland is varied, from rural lowlands to unspoilt uplands, and from large cities to sparsely inhabited islands. Located in Northern Europe, Scotland comprises the northern third of the island of Great Britain as well as 790 s ...

: 78 772 km² (30,414 square miles), approximately 32% of the area of the United Kingdom (UK) * Places in Scotland * Atlas of Scotland

Location

* Scotland is situated within the following regions ** Atlantic Ocean **

Northern Hemisphere The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator. For other planets in the Solar System, north is defined as being in the same celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the solar system as Earth's Nort ...

, on the Prime Meridian ** Eurasia (but not on the mainland) *** Europe ( outline) ****

Northern Europe The northern region of Europe has several definitions. A restrictive definition may describe Northern Europe as being roughly north of the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, which is about 54th parallel north, 54°N, or may be based on other g ...

***** British Isles ****** Great Britain (the northern third of the island) ****** Several hundred other Islands of Scotland **

Extreme points of Scotland This is a list of the extreme points and extreme elevations in Scotland. The northernmost and westernmost points of Scotland coincide with those of the UK (both for the mainland and including the islands). General *Northernmost point – O ...

Environment of Scotland

Environment of Scotland *

Climate of Scotland The climate of Scotland is mostly temperate and oceanic (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''), and tends to be very changeable, but rarely extreme. It is warmed by the Gulf Stream from the Atlantic, and given its northerly latitude it is mu ...

** Climate change in Scotland * Ecology of Scotland **

Renewable energy in Scotland The production of renewable energy in Scotland is a topic that came to the fore in technical, economic, and political terms during the opening years of the 21st century. The natural resource base for renewable energy is high by European, and ...

* Geology of Scotland * Protected areas of Scotland ** Biosphere reserves in Scotland ** National parks of Scotland *

Wildlife of Scotland Natural history of Scotland concerns the flora, fauna and mycota of Scotland. Flora The flora of Scotland is an assemblage of native plant species including over 1,600 vascular plants, more than 1,500 lichens and nearly 1,000 bryophytes. The tot ...

** Flora of Scotland **

Fauna of Scotland The fauna of Scotland is generally typical of the northwest European part of the Palearctic realm, although several of the country's larger mammals were hunted to extinction in historic times and human activity has also led to various species o ...

*** Birds of Scotland *** Mammals of Scotland * Domesticated breeds

Natural geographic features of Scotland

* Firths * Glaciers of Scotland * Islands of Scotland ** Hebrides ***

Inner Hebrides The Inner Hebrides (; Scottish Gaelic: ''Na h-Eileanan a-staigh'', "the inner isles") is an archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. Together these two island chains form the Hebrides, whic ...

***

Outer Hebrides The Outer Hebrides () or Western Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Siar or or ("islands of the strangers"); sco, Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle/Long Island ( gd, An t-Eilean Fada, links=no), is an island chain off the west coast ...

Orkney Islands Orkney (; sco, Orkney; on, Orkneyjar; nrn, Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of the island of Great Britain. Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north ...

Shetland Islands Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the no ...

Islands of the Clyde The Islands of the Firth of Clyde are the fifth largest of the major Scottish island groups after the Inner and Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland. They are situated in the Firth of Clyde between Ayrshire and Argyll and Bute. There are about ...

Islands of the Forth The Islands of the Forth are a group of small islands located in the Firth of Forth and in the estuary of the River Forth on the east coast of Scotland. Most of the group lie in the open waters of the firth, between the Lothians and Fife, with ...

List of freshwater islands in Scotland The freshwater islands in Scotland include those within freshwater lochs and rivers – including tidal areas, so the islands may not always be surrounded by freshwater. It has been estimated that there are at least 31,460 freshwater lochs in S ...

Lochs ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

** Lochs in Scotland * Mountains and hills of Scotland ** List of Munros ** Volcanoes in Scotland * Rivers of Scotland ** Waterfalls of Scotland *

Valleys of Scotland A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...

* World Heritage Sites in Scotland

Regions of Scotland

* Central Belt * Scottish Midlands * Scottish Highlands *

Scottish Lowlands The Lowlands ( sco, Lallans or ; gd, a' Ghalldachd, , place of the foreigners, ) is a cultural and historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Lowlands and the Highlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowl ...

Scottish Borders The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...

* Galloway * Northern Isles

Ecoregions of Scotland

List of ecoregions in Scotland

Administrative divisions of Scotland

Administrative divisions of Scotland * Council areas of Scotland **

Civil parishes in Scotland Civil parishes are small divisions used for statistical purposes and formerly for local government in Scotland. Civil parishes gained legal functions in 1845 which parochial boards were established to administer the poor law. Their local governm ...

*** Municipalities of Scotland * Unitary authorities of Scotland

= Municipalities of Scotland

Municipalities of Scotland *

Capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...

of Scotland: Edinburgh ( outline) * Cities in Scotland * Towns in Scotland

Demography of Scotland

Demographics of Scotland The demography of Scotland includes all aspects of population, past and present, in the area that is now Scotland. Scotland has a population of 5,463,300, as of 2019. The population growth rate in 2011 was estimated as 0.6% per annum accordin ...

Government and politics of Scotland

Politics of Scotland *

Form of government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

: *

of Scotland: Edinburgh * Elections in Scotland **

Electoral systems in Scotland Scotland uses different electoral systems for elections to (the UK) Parliament, the Scottish Parliament and to local councils. A different system was also in use between 1999 and 2019 for United Kingdom elections to the European Parliament. His ...

* List of political parties in Scotland * Pressure Groups in Scotland *

Scottish independence Scottish independence ( gd, Neo-eisimeileachd na h-Alba; sco, Scots unthirldom) is the idea of Scotland as a sovereign state, independent from the United Kingdom, and refers to the political movement that is campaigning to bring it about. S ...

** Fiscal autonomy ** National Conversation * Scotland Office (Department of UK Government) **

Secretary of State for Scotland The secretary of state for Scotland ( gd, Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba; sco, Secretar o State fir Scotland), also referred to as the Scottish secretary, is a Secretary of State (United Kingdom), secretary of state in the Government of the Unit ...

Branches of the devolved government of Scotland

Government of Scotland * History of Scottish devolution

Executive

* Head of government:

First Minister of Scotland The first minister of Scotland ( sco, heid meinister o Scotland; gd, prìomh mhinistear na h-Alba ) is the head of the Scottish Government and keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland. The first minister chairs ...

* Scottish Government

Legislative

Scottish Parliament The Scottish Parliament ( gd, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ; sco, Scots Pairlament) is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city, Edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym Holyro ...

** List of Acts of the Scottish Parliament from 1999

Judicial

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (initialism: UKSC or the acronym: SCOTUK) is the final court of appeal in the United Kingdom for all civil cases, and for criminal cases originating in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. As the Unite ...

* Courts of Scotland ** List of courts in Scotland * Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service * Faculty of Advocates * Lord Advocate * Lord President of the Court of Session * Procurator Fiscal * Solicitor General for Scotland

Law and order in Scotland

Scots law Scots law () is the legal system of Scotland. It is a hybrid or mixed legal system containing civil law and common law elements, that traces its roots to a number of different historical sources. Together with English law and Northern Ireland l ...

Capital punishment in Scotland Capital punishment in the United Kingdom predates the formation of the UK, having been used within the British Isles from ancient times until the second half of the 20th century. The last executions in the United Kingdom were by hanging, and t ...

: There has been a history of capital punishment but it is not used now. *

Human rights in Scotland Human rights in the United Kingdom concern the fundamental rights in law of every person in the United Kingdom. An integral part of the United Kingdom constitutional law, UK constitution, human rights derive from common law, from statutes such a ...

** Freedom of religion in Scotland **

LGBT rights in Scotland Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) rights in Scotland are generally in line with the rest of the United Kingdom, which have evolved extensively over time and are now regarded as some of the most progressive in Europe. In both 2015 and 20 ...

* Law enforcement in Scotland ** Police Scotland ** Scottish Prison Service *** Prison population of Scotland * Manrent * Marriage in Scotland * Rights of way in Scotland * Udal law

Military of Scotland

Military of Scotland * Scotland had its own military until 1707. Now merged with

British Armed Forces The British Armed Forces, also known as His Majesty's Armed Forces, are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. They also promote the UK's wider interests, s ...

except for the Atholl Highlanders. * Military history of Scotland

Local government in Scotland

History of Scotland

* Battles between Scotland and England * Kingdom of Scotland ** Parliament of Scotland **

Peerage of Scotland The Peerage of Scotland ( gd, Moraireachd na h-Alba, sco, Peerage o Scotland) is one of the five divisions of peerages in the United Kingdom and for those peers created by the King of Scots before 1707. Following that year's Treaty of Union, ...

By period

* Timeline of Scottish history * Prehistoric Scotland * Timeline of prehistoric Scotland * Declaration of Arbroath * List of monarchs of Scotland * Kingdom of Scotland * Scotland in the High Middle Ages * Wars of Scottish Independence * Scotland in the Late Middle Ages * Scottish Reformation * Scottish colonization of the Americas * Parliament of Scotland ** List of Acts of the Scottish Parliament to 1707 * Treaty of Union 1707 * Jacobitism *

Scottish Enlightenment The Scottish Enlightenment ( sco, Scots Enlichtenment, gd, Soillseachadh na h-Alba) was the period in 18th- and early-19th-century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. By the eighteenth century ...

Highland Clearances The Highland Clearances ( gd, Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal , the "eviction of the Gaels") were the evictions of a significant number of tenants in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, mostly in two phases from 1750 to 1860. The first phase resulte ...

* Lowland Clearances

By region

* History of Angus * History of Dundee * History of Edinburgh * History of Fife * History of Glasgow * History of Orkney * History of the Outer Hebrides

By subject

History of education in Scotland The history of education in Scotland in its modern sense of organised and institutional learning, began in the Middle Ages, when Church choir schools and grammar schools began educating boys. By the end of the 15th century schools were also being ...

* History of the Jews in Scotland * History of local government in Scotland * History of the Scots language * History of universities in Scotland * Military history of Scotland

Culture of Scotland

Edinburgh from Calton Hill with Dugald Stewart Monument 3

Culture of Scotland *

Architecture of Scotland The architecture of Scotland includes all human building within the modern borders of Scotland, from the Neolithic era to the present day. The earliest surviving houses go back around 9500 years, and the first villages 6000 years: Skara Brae on ...

** Architecture of Scotland in the Prehistoric era **

Architecture of Scotland in the Roman era Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings ...

** Architecture of Scotland in the Middle Ages ** Architecture in early modern Scotland **

Architecture of Scotland in the Industrial Revolution Architecture of Scotland in the Industrial Revolution includes all building in Scotland between the mid-eighteenth century and the end of the nineteenth century. During this period, the country underwent an economic and social transformation as ...

Architecture in modern Scotland Architecture in modern Scotland encompasses all building in Scotland, between the beginning of the twentieth century and the present day. The most significant architect of the early twentieth century was Charles Rennie Mackintosh, who mixed elem ...

** Baronial architecture in Scotland **

Church architecture in Scotland Church architecture in Scotland incorporates all church building within the modern borders of Scotland, from the earliest Christian structures in the sixth century until the present day. The early Christian churches for which there is evidence ar ...

*** Cathedrals in Scotland ** Castles in Scotland *** Castles in Scotland ** Hill forts in Scotland ** Historic houses in Scotland **

Housing in Scotland Housing in Scotland includes all forms of built habitation in what is now Scotland, from the earliest period of human occupation to the present day. The oldest house in Scotland dates from the Mesolithic era. In the Neolithic era settled farming ...

Cuisine of Scotland Scottish cuisine encompasses the cooking styles, traditions and recipes associated with Scotland. It has distinctive attributes and recipes of its own, but also shares much with British and wider European cuisine as a result of local, regio ...

** Harris Tweed **

Hogmanay Hogmanay ( , ) is the Scots word for the last day of the old year and is synonymous with the celebration of the New Year in the Scottish manner. It is normally followed by further celebration on the morning of New Year's Day (1 January) or i ...

** Scottish clan **

Scotch whisky Scotch whisky (; sco, Scots whisky/whiskie, whusk(e)y; often simply called whisky or Scotch) is malt whisky or grain whisky (or a blend of the two), made in Scotland. All Scotch whisky was originally made from malted barley. Commercial distil ...

*** Bean Nighe ** Tartan *** Tartan Day ( List of tartans) * Ethnic minorities in Scotland *

Gardens in Scotland Gardening in Scotland, the design of planned spaces set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature in Scotland began in the Middle Ages. Gardens, or yards, around medieval abbeys, castles and houses were ...

Festivals in Scotland A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival co ...

* Humour in Scotland * Inventions and discoveries of Scottish origin * Languages of Scotland ** Scottish Gaelic language ** Lowland Scots ** Scottish English ** Highland English * Marriage in Scotland ** Civil partnership in Scotland * Media in Scotland ** Television in Scotland * Museums in Scotland * Mythology of Scotland * National symbols of Scotland ** Coat of arms of Scotland ** Flag of Scotland ** National anthem of Scotland *

Prostitution in Scotland Prostitution in Scotland has been similar to that in England under the State of Union, but since devolution, the new Scottish Parliament has pursued its own policies. In Scotland, prostitution itself (the exchange of sexual services for money) ...

* Public holidays in Scotland ** Christmas in Scotland *

Scottish national identity Scottish national identity is a term referring to the sense of national identity, as embodied in the shared and characteristic culture, languages and traditions, of the Scottish people. Although the various dialects of Gaelic, the Scots lan ...

* World Heritage Sites in Scotland

Art in Scotland

* Scottish art ** Celtic art ** Migration Period art ** National Gallery of Scotland *

Cinema of Scotland Scotland has produced many films, directors and actors. Scottish film directors Scotland has also been the birthplace of many film directors, some of whom have won multiple awards or enjoy a cult reputation. May Miles Thomas is one of these mul ...

* Comedy in Scotland * Dance in Scotland ** Scottish country dance ** Scottish highland dance ** Ghillies ** Jig **

Scottish sword dances The Sword Dance is one of the best known of all Highland dances, an ancient dance of war. Performance of sword dances in the folklore of Scotland is recorded from as early as the 15th century. Related customs are found in the Welsh and English ...

*** Dirk dance * Literature of Scotland ** Scottish writers **

Ossian Ossian (; Irish Gaelic/Scottish Gaelic: ''Oisean'') is the narrator and purported author of a cycle of epic poems published by the Scottish poet James Macpherson, originally as ''Fingal'' (1761) and ''Temora'' (1763), and later combined under t ...

* Music of Scotland **

Bagpipes Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, No ...

***

Great Highland bagpipe The Great Highland bagpipe ( gd, a' phìob mhòr "the great pipe") is a type of bagpipe native to Scotland, and the Scottish analogue to the Great Irish Warpipes. It has acquired widespread recognition through its usage in the British milit ...

*** Pipe band **

Church music in Scotland Church music in Scotland includes all musical composition and performance of music in the context of Christian worship in Scotland, from the beginnings of Christianisation in the fifth century, to the present day. The sources for Scottish Medie ...

** Classical music in Scotland ** Court music in Scotland **

Folk music of Scotland Scottish folk music (also Scottish traditional music) is a genre of folk music that uses forms that are identified as part of the Scottish musical tradition. There is evidence that there was a flourishing culture of popular music in Scotland duri ...

** Music of Scotland in the nineteenth century ** Opera in Scotland **

Scottish country dance music Scottish country dance (SCD) is the distinctively Scottish form of country dance, itself a form of social dance involving groups of couples of dancers tracing progressive patterns. A dance consists of a sequence of figures. These dances are ...

* Scottish photography * Theatre in Scotland ** Scottish Playwrights

People of Scotland

* Scottish people **

Celt The Celts (, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples () are. "CELTS location: Greater Europe time period: Second millennium B.C.E. to present ancestry: Celtic a collection of Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancient ...

** Gaels ** Modern Celts * Lists of Scots ** List of monarchs of Scotland *** List of Queens of Scotland ***

Scottish monarchs family tree This is a family tree for the kings of Scotland, since the unification under the House of Alpin in 834, to the personal union with England in 1603 under James VI of Scotland. It includes also the Houses of Dunkeld, Balliol, Bruce, and Stewa ...

** List of Scottish musicians ** List of Scottish novelists ** List of Scottish scientists ** List of Scottish writers *

Scottish surnames Scottish surnames are surnames currently found in Scotland, or surnames that have a historical connection with the country. History The earliest surnames found in Scotland occur during the reign of David I of Scotland, David I, King of Scots (11 ...

Religion in Scotland

* Religion in Scotland ** Buddhism in Scotland ** Christianity in Scotland *** Baptist Union of Scotland *** Scottish Episcopal Church *** Church of Scotland **** General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ***** List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland *** Roman Catholicism in Scotland ** Hinduism in Scotland ** Judaism in Scotland ** Islam in Scotland ** History of the Jews in Scotland ***

List of Scottish Jews This is a list of Scottish people of some Jewish background, or Jewish people with a Scottish background or connection. See History of the Jews in Scotland for more information. Academic figures and scientists * Ruth Adler, child welfare campa ...

** Sikhism in Scotland

Sports in Scotland

Sports in Scotland * American football in Scotland **

Scottish Claymores The Scottish Claymores were an American football team based in Scotland. The franchise played in the World League of American Football (later renamed NFL Europe) between 1995 and 2004, initially playing all home games at Murrayfield Stadium, E ...

* Australian rules football in Scotland * Basketball in Scotland ** Scotland national basketball team * Chess in Scotland ** Scottish Chess Federation * Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland * Cricket in Scotland **

Scottish national cricket team The Scotland national cricket team represents the country of Scotland. They play their home matches at The Grange, Edinburgh, and also some other venues. Scotland became Associate Members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1994

* Curling *

Field Hockey in Scotland Field may refer to: Expanses of open ground * Field (agriculture), an area of land used for agricultural purposes * Airfield, an aerodrome that lacks the infrastructure of an airport * Battlefield * Lawn, an area of mowed grass * Meadow, a ...

Scotland women's national field hockey team The Scotland women's national field hockey team represents Scotland in international women's field hockey competitions, with the exception of the Olympic Games when Scottish players are eligible to play for the Great Britain women's national fiel ...

* Football in Scotland ** Scotland national football team ** Scotland women's national football team **

Scottish Football Association The Scottish Football Association (also known as the SFA and the Scottish FA; sco, Scots Fitba Association; Scottish Gaelic: ''Comann Ball-coise na h-Alba'') is the Sport governing body, governing body of association football, football in Scot ...

Scottish Professional Football League The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) is the national men's association football league in Scotland. The league was formed in June 2013 following a merger between the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League. As ...

** Scottish Cup * Scotland GAA Lossie golf course

* Golf in Scotland ** The R&A ** Moray Golf Club ** The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews * Highland Games ** Tossing the caber * Lacrosse in Scotland *

National sports teams of Scotland National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

* Netball ** Scotland national netball team *

Campaign for a Scottish Olympic Team Campaign for a Scottish Olympic Team (C-ScOT) was a pressure group in Scotland, established in 2005, which aimed to persuade politicians to establish a team to represent Scotland at the Olympic Games. History In July 2005, London was announced a ...

– Scotland does not compete at the Olympic Games, Scottish athletes compete as part of the Great Britain team instead. There is however a long running campaign to get a team. * Rugby in Scotland ** Rugby league in Scotland ** Rugby union in Scotland *** Scottish Rugby Union *** Scotland national rugby union team *** History of rugby union in Scotland ***

Murrayfield Stadium Murrayfield Stadium (known as BT Murrayfield Stadium for sponsorship reasons, or popularly as Murrayfield) is a Rugby stadium located in the Murrayfield area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has a seating capacity of 67,144 making it the largest sta ...

*** List of Scottish rugby union players ***

Rugby union in the Borders Rugby union in the Scottish Borders has a long, and significant history. The region has been responsible for several major innovations, and a presence in the national game which is disproportionately large, because it is the one part of Scotland ...

** Rugby Sevens (invented in Scotland) *** Edinburgh Sevens *** Melrose Sevens * Stadiums in Scotland *

Shinty Shinty ( gd, camanachd, iomain) is a team game played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread in Scotland, an ...

** Camanachd Association ** Composite rules shinty-hurling ** Women's shinty

Economy and infrastructure of Scotland

Economy of Scotland * Economic rank (by nominal GDP): * Agriculture in Scotland * Banking in Scotland ** Bank of Scotland **

Royal Bank of Scotland The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS; gd, Banca Rìoghail na h-Alba) is a major retail and commercial bank in Scotland. It is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of NatWest Group, together with NatWest (in England and Wales) and Ulster Bank ...

* Communications in Scotland ** Scottish media ** List of newspapers in Scotland ** Television in Scotland ***

BBC Scotland BBC Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: ''BBC Alba'') is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland. It is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Ireland. I ...

Internet in Scotland The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pu ...

* Companies of Scotland * Currency of the United Kingdom:

Pound Sterling Sterling (abbreviation: stg; Other spelling styles, such as STG and Stg, are also seen. ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories. The pound ( sign: £) is the main unit of sterling, and t ...

* Economic history of Scotland *

Energy in Scotland In physics, energy (from Ancient Greek: ἐνέργεια, ''enérgeia'', “activity”) is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of heat ...

Energy policy of Scotland Energy policy in Scotland is a matter that has been specifically reserved to the UK parliament under the terms of the Scotland Act 1998 that created the devolved Scottish Parliament. However, since planning is a matter that has been devolved, the S ...

** Oil industry in Scotland *** North Sea Oil ** Power stations in Scotland **

** Nuclear power in Scotland * Fire services in Scotland * Health care in Scotland ** Hospitals in Scotland ** NHS Scotland *** Scottish Ambulance Service * Mining in Scotland * Tourism in Scotland * Transport in Scotland **

Airports in Scotland This list of airports in the United Kingdom is a partial list of public active aerodromes ( airports and airfields) in the UK and the British Crown Dependencies. Most private airfields are not listed. For a list ranked by volume of traffic, see ...

** Ports in Scotland ** Rail transport in Scotland ** Roads in Scotland *

Water supply and sanitation in Scotland Public water supply and sanitation in Scotland is characterised by universal access and generally good service quality. Water and sewerage services are provided by a single public company, Scottish Water. The economic water industry regulator is t ...

* Wild Scotland

Education in Scotland

Education in Scotland * General Teaching Council for Scotland * List of universities in Scotland * List of schools in Scotland *

Scottish Qualifications Authority The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA; Gaelic: ''Ùghdarras Theisteanas na h-Alba'') is the executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government responsible for accrediting educational awards. It is partly funded by the Ed ...

Specific schools

* Public schools in Scotland ** Grammar schools in Scotland ** Middle schools in Scotland * Universities

Types of schools

* Grammar schools in the United Kingdom * Private school * Preparatory school *

Gaelic medium education Gaelic-medium education (G.M.E. or GME; gd, Foghlam tro Mheadhan na Gàidhlig) is a form of education in Scotland that allows pupils to be taught primarily through the medium of Scottish Gaelic, with English being taught as the secondary langua ...

Notes

References

External links

Scotland.org
– the official online gateway to Scotland, managed by the Scottish Government
Scottish Government
– official site of the Scottish Government
Scottish Parliament
– official site of the

National Archives of Scotland
– official site of the National Archives of Scotland
Homecoming Scotland 2009
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National Library of Scotland The National Library of Scotland (NLS) ( gd, Leabharlann Nàiseanta na h-Alba, sco, Naitional Leebrar o Scotland) is the legal deposit library of Scotland and is one of the country's National Collections. As one of the largest libraries in the ...

Gazetteer for Scotland
– Extensive guide to the places and people of Scotland, by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and University of Edinburgh
Scottish economic statistics 2005
(pdf) – from the Scottish Executive
Scottish Census Results On Line
– official government site for Scotland's census results
Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics
– Scottish Government's programme of small area statistics in Scotland
Visit Scotland
– official site of Scotland's national tourist board
ScotlandsPeople
– official government resource for Scottish genealogy *
Scotlandpictures.net
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