The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Scotland:

Location of Scotland (dark green)
– in Europe (light green & dark grey)
– in the United Kingdom (light green)

Scotland – The oldest monarchy in Europe, the second oldest former country in Europe and is the fifth oldest former country in the world, preceding France, England and Denmark. It is currently one of four former countries of the United Kingdom, having previously been an independent, sovereign country prior to the 1707 union with England.[1][2][3] 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[4] including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides.

General reference edit

Geography of Scotland edit

 
Enlargeable relief map of Scotland

Geography of Scotland

Location edit

Environment of Scotland edit

Environment of Scotland

Natural geographic features of Scotland edit

Regions of Scotland edit

Ecoregions of Scotland edit

List of ecoregions in Scotland

Administrative divisions of Scotland edit

Administrative divisions of Scotland

Municipalities of Scotland edit
 
Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland

Municipalities of Scotland

Demography of Scotland edit

Demographics of Scotland

Government and politics of Scotland edit

 
The Scottish Parliament, the national legislature of Scotland

Politics of Scotland

Branches of the Scottish Government edit

Government of Scotland

Executive edit

Legislative edit

Judicial edit

Law and order in Scotland edit

Scots law

Armed forces in Scotland edit

Local government in Scotland edit

Local government in Scotland

History of Scotland edit

By period edit

By region edit

By subject edit

Culture of Scotland edit

 
Edinburgh as seen from Calton Hill, with Dugald Stewart Monument

Culture of Scotland

Art in Scotland edit

 
Pipe band at Inverness Castle

People of Scotland edit

Religion in Scotland edit

Sports in Scotland edit

Sports in Scotland

 
Moray Golf Club in Lossiemouth

Economy and infrastructure of Scotland edit

 
Edinburgh, Scotland's capital city, is the 13th-largest financial centre in the world and 4th largest in Europe in 2020[5]

Education in Scotland edit

Specific schools edit

Types of schools edit

Notes edit


See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ The Countries of the UK statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  2. ^ "Countries within a country". 10 Downing Street. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2008. The United Kingdom is made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
  3. ^ "ISO 3166-2 Newsletter Date: 2007-11-28 No I-9. "Changes in the list of subdivision names and code elements" (Page 11)" (PDF). International Organization for Standardization codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions -- Part 2: Country subdivision codes. Retrieved 31 May 2008. SCT Scotland country
  4. ^ "Scottish Executive Resources" (PDF). Scotland in Short. Scottish Executive. 17 February 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2006.
  5. ^ McSherry, Mark. "Edinburgh 4th in Europe in new Financial Centres index – Scottish Financial Review".

External links edit

  Wikimedia Atlas of Scotland