Statistics for Subdivisions of Scotland - Council Areas

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Home to Scotland’s capital	Edinburgh	100%
Home to Scotland’s most populous city	Glasgow	100%
Known as the “Granite City”	Aberdeen	94%
The Tay road and rail bridges are located here. The discovery ship and a V&A museum is located here also.	Dundee	89%
Known as a kingdom and home to Scotland’s oldest university	Fife	89%
The largest council area in Scotland at 9,906sq miles. However is sparsely populated for its size.	Highland	89%
This area gives it’s name to a famous breed of cow renowned for its meat.	Angus	83%
A main passing point for the West Coast Mainline linking Glasgow to London. This area also borders England.	Dumfries and Galloway	83%
This area’s largest settlement is Peterhead.	Aberdeenshire	78%
The second largest council area in Scotland. Contains sights such as Loch Awe, the Arrochar Alps and the Ardbeg distillery.	Argyll and Bute	78%
Centre of Scotland’s iron and coal industry, council headquartered in Motherwell	North Lanarkshire	78%
10 miles off the coast of Caithness,it’s admin HQ is Kirkwall.	Orkney	78%
Loch Earn and Glen Rannoch are located here. It’s only city is nicknamed “the fair city” and shares its name with an Australian city,	Perth and Kinross	78%
In the far northern isles of Scotland, this area is known as Hjetland in Norse.	Shetland	78%
This is home to a Castle and a battle of a bridge of the same name as the area took place here in 1297 during the first war of Scottish Independence.	Stirling	78%
Also known as Haddingtonshire, this area contains the National Museum of Flight and the seaside town of Dunbar.	East Lothian	72%
This area is named from the Firth which flows out within this location, Greenock is the Admin HQ	Inverclyde	72%
This area has very high drug death rates. A large RAF base is located at Lossiemouth within this area.	Moray	72%
Home to Glasgow Airport and the Paisley Thread Mills	Renfrewshire	72%
Scotland’s national poet hails from a village in this area.	South Ayrshire	72%
Home to the Clyde valley and spans 684sq miles	South Lanarkshire	72%
A predominately rural area despite being located between 2 of Scotland’s largest cities, contains part of the River Almond.	West Lothian	72%
The Isle of Arran covers nearly half of this council’s territory despite being home to less than 4% of its total population	North Ayrshire	67%
This area is named after the stone of Mannan and in terms of population is the smallest council area in Scotland and is nicknamed “The Wee County”	Clackmannanshire	61%
Scotland’s largest school is located within this area. It also contained a world famous specialised lace industry.	East Ayrshire	61%
This area near Scotland’s most populous city has low crime, unemployment and deprivation rates. Kirkintilloch is the area’s admin HQ.	East Dumbartonshire	61%
Home to a famous rotating boat lift which connects the forth and Clyde canal to the union canal.	Falkirk	61%
Roslyn Chapel is located within this area. The admin HQ is Dalkeith.	Midlothian	61%
The gateway to Loch Lomond and one of few areas where majority voted “Yes” to Scottish independence in 2014.	West Dumbartonshire	61%
The River Tweed flows through this area, it is bordered by Cumbria and Northumberland in England to its south.	Scottish Borders	56%
A top leading figure in the Nazi Party, Rudolph Hess, was captured after landing in a village in this area to try and negotiate peace talks in 1941. It’s admin HQ is Giffnock.	East Renfrewshire	50%
Located entirely on islands, this area is known as Na h-Eileanan Siar in Scottish Gaelic.	Western Islands	11%