Scotland
Scotland | |
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 Flag
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| Anthem: various, predominantly "Flower of Scotland" | |
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| Status | Country |
| Capital | Edinburgh 55°57′11″N 3°11′20″W / 55.95306°N 3.18889°W |
| Largest city | Glasgow 55°51′40″N 4°15′00″W / 55.86111°N 4.25000°W |
| Official languages[1] | |
| Ethnic groups | List
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| Religion (2022)[2] | List
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| Demonym(s) | Scottish • Scots |
| Government | Devolved parliamentary legislature within a constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Charles III |
| John Swinney | |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | |
| • Secretary of State | Ian Murray |
| • House of Commons | 57 MPs (of 650) |
| Legislature | Scottish Parliament |
| Formation | |
| 9th century (traditionally 843) | |
| 17 March 1328 | |
| 3 October 1357[3] | |
| 1 May 1707 | |
| 19 November 1998 | |
| Area | |
• Total[lower-alpha 1] | Template:Convinfobox/prisec2[4] |
• Land[lower-alpha 2] | 77,901 km2 (30,078 sq mi)[4] |
| Population | |
• 2022 census | Template:IncreaseNeutral 5,439,842 |
• Density | Template:Convinfobox/prisec2[5] |
| GVA | 2022 estimate |
| • Total | £165.7 billion |
| • Per capita | £30,419[6] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
• Total | £218.0 billion |
• Per capita | £39,707[7][lower-alpha 3] |
| Gini (2020–23) |  33[8]medium inequality |
| HDI (2022) | ▲ 0.933[9] very high |
| Currency | Pound sterling (GBP; £) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| UTC+1 (BST) | |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (AD) |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +44 |
| ISO 3166 code | [[ISO 3166-2:LUA ERROR IN PACKAGE.LUA AT LINE 80: MODULE 'MODULE:ISO 3166/DATA/GB' NOT FOUND.|LUA ERROR IN PACKAGE.LUA AT LINE 80: MODULE 'MODULE:ISO 3166/DATA/GB' NOT FOUND.]] |
| Internet TLD | .scot[lower-alpha 4] |
Scotland United Kingdom ke chaar des me se ek hae. Edinburgh ii ka rajdhani hae. 2010 census ke mutabik Scotland ka abaadi 5,313,600 hae.
- ↑ "Languages". Scottish Government. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- 1 2 "Scotland's Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion - Chart data". Scotland's Census. 21 May 2024. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ↑ "The Treaty of Berwick was signed – On this day in Scottish history". History Scotland. 3 October 2020. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- 1 2 "Standard Area Measurements for Administrative Areas (December 2023) in the UK". Open Geography Portal. Office for National Statistics. 31 May 2024. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ↑ "Quality Assurance report – Unrounded population estimates and ethnic group, national identity, language and religion topic data". Scotland's Census. 21 May 2024. Archived from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ↑ "Regional gross value added (balanced) per head and income components". Office for National Statistics. 24 April 2024. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ↑ "GDP Quarterly National Accounts, Scotland: 2023 Quarter 4 (October to December)" (PDF). gov.scot. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ↑ "Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23". Scottish Government. 21 March 2024. Archived from the original on 28 February 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ↑ "Subnational HDI". Global Data Lab. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ↑ ONS Standard Area Measurement, 'total extent of the realm' (area to mean low water)
- ↑ ONS Standard Area Measurement, 'area to mean high water excluding inland water'
- ↑ Scottish Government figures include oil and gas revenues generated beyond UK territorial waters in the country's continental shelf region
- ↑ .scot is not a ccTLD, but a GeoTLD, open to use by all with a connection to Scotland or Scottish culture. .uk as part of the United Kingdom is also used. ISO 3166-1 is GB, but .gb is unused.
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