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Outline of Scotland. Scotland is a country which is part of the United Kingdom, having previously been an independent, sovereign country prior to the 1707 union with England. [1] [2] [3] Established in 843, this would make Scotland the second oldest country in Europe and the fifth oldest country in the world. [4]
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 part of the island of Great Britain as well as 790 surrounding islands encompassing the major archipelagos of the Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands and the Inner and Outer Hebrides. [3]
The Schengen Area has a population of more than 450 million people and an area of 4,595,131 square kilometres (1,774,190 sq mi). About 1.7 million people commute to work across an internal European border each day, and in some regions these people constitute up to a third of the workforce.
The countries and territories on the map have a net average monthly salary (adjusted for living costs in PPP) of: Purple. above $4,000. Green. $3,000 to $3,999. Blue. $2,000 to $2,999. Orange. $1,499 to $1,999.
The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth at about 66° 34' N. [ 1] Its southern equivalent is the Antarctic Circle . The Arctic Circle marks the southernmost latitude at which, on the winter solstice (which is the shortest day of the year) in the ...
Blaeu Atlas of Scotland. The book commonly known as Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, the fifth volume of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Sive Atlas Novus, is the first known atlas of Scotland and Ireland. [ 1] It was compiled by Joan Blaeu, and contains 49 engraved maps and 154 pages of descriptive text written in Latin; it was first published in 1654. [ 1]
North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland) The North Channel (known in Irish and Scottish Gaelic as Sruth na Maoile, in Scots as the Sheuch[ 1]) is the strait between north-eastern Northern Ireland and south-western Scotland. The Firth of Clyde merges with the channel, between the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula and Corsewall Point on the ...
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