Scotland
Scotland, one of the four constituent nations of the United Kingdom, is a beautiful country well known for its dramatic scenery of mountains and valleys, rolling hills, green fields and forests, and rugged coastline.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Glasgow
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Glasgow is a city on Clydeside in the Central Belt of Scotland.
Aberdeen
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Aberdeen is the third-largest city in Scotland, United Kingdom, with a population of almost 200,000.
Destinations
Central Belt
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The Central Belt of Scotland is the broad lowland strip between the Firth of Forth in the east and the Firth of Clyde in the west.
North East Scotland
![North East Scotland](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/WV_banner_NE_Scotland_Elgin_Cathedral_ruin.jpg/760px-Mapcarta.jpg)
Scottish Highlands
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The Scottish Highlands are the rugged northern and northwestern portion of Scotland.
Hebrides
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The Hebrides are the islands off the west coast of Scotland - an inner and outer archipelago are separated by the Minch sea channel.
South West
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South West Scotland is a lowland region of Scotland, a triangle bounded to the west by the Firth of Clyde and to the south by the Solway Firth.
Shetland Islands
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The Shetland Islands are the most northerly part of the United Kingdom, a group of islands 100 miles north of mainland Scotland.
Orkney Islands
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The Orkney Islands are an archipelago of over 70 islands some 10 miles off the north tip of mainland Scotland.
Scottish Borders
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The Scottish Borders is a region in south-east Scotland adjoining the border with England.
Scotland
- Type: State with 5,440,000 residents
- Description: country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
- Neighbors: England
- Categories: constituent country of the United Kingdom, nation, country and locality
- Location: United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
56.4989° or 56° 29' 56" northLongitude of center
-4.2188° or 4° 13' 8" westPopulation
5,440,000Elevation
561 feet (171 metres)OpenStreetMap ID
node 470649732OpenStreetMap Feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
2638360Wikidata ID
Q22Scotland Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Skutlanda
- Afar: Shotlandiya
- Afrikaans: Skotland
- Akan: Scotland
- Albanian: Skocia
- Amharic: ስኮትላንድ
- Arabic: Scotland
- Arabic: أسكتلندا
- Arabic: إسكتلندا
- Arabic: اسكتلندا
- Arabic: اسكوتلندا
- Arabic: سكوتلاند
- Aragonese: Escocia
- Armenian: Շոտլանդիա
- Armenian: Սկովտիա
- Asturian: Escocia
- Asturian: SCT
- Asturian: Scotland
- Aymara: Iskusiya
- Azerbaijani: Şotlandiya
- Balinese: Skotlandia
- Bashkir: Шотландия
- Basque: Eskozia
- Bavarian: Schottland
- Belarusian: Шатландыя
- Belarusian: Шатляндыя
- Belarusian: Шкоцыя
- Bengali: আলবা
- Bengali: ইউকে-এসসি
- Bengali: ক্যালেডোনিয়া
- Bengali: স্কটল্যান্ড, যুক্তরাজ্য
- Bengali: স্কটল্যান্ড
- Bhojpuri: स्काट लैंड
- Bhojpuri: स्काटलैंड
- Bhojpuri: स्कॉटलैंड
- Bosnian: Škotska
- Breton: Bro-Skos
- Breton: Skos
- Bulgarian: Шотландия
- Burmese: စကော့တလန်နိုင်ငံ
- Catalan: Escòcia
- Catalan: Scotland
- Cebuano: Scotland
- Central Bikol: Eskosya
- Central Kurdish: سکۆتلاند
- Central Kurdish: سکۆتلەندا
- Chavacano: Escocia
- Chechen: Шотланди
- Cherokee: ᏍᎧᏘᎳᏂ
- Chinese: So͘-kat-lân
- Chinese: 加勒多尼亞
- Chinese: 喀里多尼亞
- Chinese: 苏格兰 / 蘇格蘭
- Chinese: 苏格兰
- Chinese: 蘇格蘭
- Chinese: 阿尔巴
- Chuvash: Шотланди
- Cornish: Alban
- Corsican: Scozia
- Crimean Tatar: İskoçiya
- Croatian: Kaledonija
- Croatian: Škotska
- Czech: Skotsko
- Danish: Skotland
- Dimli (individual language): İskoçya
- Dotyali: स्कटल्याण्ड
- Dutch: Schotland
- Egyptian Arabic: اسكتلاندا
- Egyptian Arabic: سكوتلاند
- English: Alba
- English: Caledonia
- English: SC
- English: SCT
- English: Scot
- English: Scotland, United Kingdom
- English: UK-SC
- English: UK-SCT
- Erzya: Шотландия Мастор
- Esperanto: Skotio
- Esperanto: Skotlando
- Esperanto: Skotujo
- Estonian: Šotimaa
- Extremaduran: Escocia
- Extremaduran: Escócia
- Faroese: Skotland
- Fiji Hindi: Scotland
- Fijian: Sikoteladi
- Finnish: Skotlanti
- French: Ecosse
- French: Écosse
- Galician: Escocia
- Galician: اسکاتلند
- Georgian: შოტლანდია
- German: Schottland
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Scotland
- Gilaki: اسكاتلند
- Goan Konkani: Scotland
- Goan Konkani: स्कॉटलंड
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍄𐌴𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳
- Greek: Σκωτία
- Guarani: Ekósia
- Gujarati: સ્કોટલેન્ડ
- Haitian: Ekòs
- Hakka Chinese: Sû-kak-làn
- Hausa: Kekokia
- Hausa: Scotland
- Hawaiian: Kekokia
- Hebrew: סקוטלנד
- Hindi: स्कॉटलैंड
- Hindi: स्कॉटलैण्ड
- Hindi: स्कॉट्लैण्ड
- Hungarian: Skócia
- Icelandic: Skotland
- Ido: Skotia
- Iloko: Eskosia
- Inari Sami: Skotland
- Indonesian: Skotlandia
- Interlingua: Scotia
- Interlingue: Scotia
- Irish: Alba
- Irish: Albain
- Italian: Scozia
- Jamaican Creole English: Skatlan
- Japanese: アルバ
- Japanese: カレドニア
- Japanese: スコット
- Japanese: スコットランド
- Javanese: Sekotlan
- Javanese: Skotlandia
- Kabardian: Шотлэнд
- Kabiyè: Ekɔsɩ
- Kabyle: Skutlanda
- Kalmyk: Скотишин Таңһч
- Kannada: ಆಲ್ಬಾ
- Kannada: ಸ್ಕಾಟ್ ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್
- Kannada: ಸ್ಕಾಟ್ಲೆಂಡ್
- Kanuri: Scotland
- Kara-Kalpak: Shotlandiya
- Karachay-Balkar: Шотландия
- Kashubian: Szkòckô
- Kazakh: Шотландия
- Khmer: ស្កុតឡែន
- Kirghiz: Шотландия
- Komi: Шотландия
- Korean: 스코틀랜드
- Kurdish: Skotland
- Kurdish: Skotlenda
- Kurdish: Skoçya
- Kurdish: سکۆتلەندا
- Kurdish: سکۆچیا
- Kölsch: Schottland
- Ladin: Scozia
- Ladino: Eskosia
- Lao: Eskosia
- Lao: ປະເທດເອກົດ
- Latin: Caledonia
- Latin: Scotia
- Latvian: Skotija
- Ligurian: Scòçia
- Limburgan: Sjotland
- Lingala: Ekósi
- Lingua Franca Nova: Scotland
- Literary Chinese: 蘇格蘭
- Lithuanian: Škotija
- Lojban: sunko'ogu'e
- Lombard: Scozia
- Low German: Schotlaand
- Low German: Schottland
- Lower Sorbian: Šotiska
- Luxembourgish: Schottland
- Macedo-Romanian: Scotlandia
- Macedonian: Шкотска
- Malagasy: Ekôsy
- Malay: Scotland
- Malay: سکوتلند
- Malayalam: സ്കോട്ട് ലൻഡ്
- Malayalam: സ്കോട്ട്ലാന്റ്
- Malayalam: സ്കോട്ട്ലൻഡ്
- Maltese: Skozja
- Manipuri: ꯁ꯭ꯀꯣꯠꯂꯦꯟ
- Manx: Alba
- Manx: Albey
- Manx: Albin
- Manx: Caladoan
- Manx: Nalbin
- Manx: Scotland
- Manx: ny h-Albey
- Manx: ny hAlbey
- Manx: y Chaladoan
- Manx: Çheer ny h-Albey
- Maori: Koterangi
- Maori: Kōtarana
- Maori: Kōtarani
- Maori: Kōtarania
- Maori: Kōtirana
- Maori: Kōtirangi
- Marathi: स्कॉटलंड
- Mazanderani: اسکاتلند
- Min Dong Chinese: Sŭ-gáik-làng
- Min Nan Chinese: Scot-tē
- Minangkabau: Skotlandia
- Mingrelian: შოტლანდია
- Mirandese: Scócia
- Mon: သကတ်လာန်
- Mongolian: Шотланд
- Mongolian: သကတ်လာန်
- Mongolian: ꯁ꯭ꯀꯣꯠꯂꯦꯟ
- Moroccan Arabic: سكوطلاندا
- Narom: Êcosse
- Nepali: स्कटल्यान्ड
- Northern Frisian: Skotlun
- Northern Sami: Skotlánda
- Northern Sami: Skottlánda
- Norwegian: Skottland
- Norwegian Bokmål: Skottland
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Skottland
- Novial: Skotia
- Occitan (post 1500): Escòcia
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Scotland
- Ossetian: Шотланди
- Pa'o Karen: သကော့တလန်ခမ်းထီ
- Pampanga: Scotland
- Panjabi: ਸਕਾਟਲੈਂਡ
- Papiamento: Eskosia
- Persian: اسکاتلند
- Picard: Écosse
- Piemontese: Scòssia
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Skotlund
- Polish: Alba
- Polish: Szkocja, Wielka Brytania
- Polish: Szkocja
- Portuguese: Escócia
- Portuguese: Escócia, Reino Unido
- Pushto: سکاټ لينډ
- Pushto: سکاټلينډ
- Quechua: Iskusiya
- Quechua: Iskusya
- Quechua: Iskuthallp'a
- Quechua: Iskutsuyu
- Romanian: Scoția
- Romansh: Scozia
- Russia Buriat: Шотланд
- Russian: Альба
- Russian: Шотландия
- Rusyn: Шкоция
- Samoan: Sikotilani
- Samogitian: Škuotėjė
- Santali: ᱥᱠᱚᱴᱞᱮᱱᱰ
- Sardinian: Iscotzia
- Sardinian: Iscòtzia
- Sardinian: Scotzia
- Sardinian: Scòtzia
- Saterfriesisch: Skotlound
- Scots: Scotland
- Scottish Gaelic: Alba
- Serbian: SCT
- Serbian: Scot
- Serbian: Алба
- Serbian: Каледонија
- Serbian: Шкотска
- Serbo-Croatian: Schottland
- Serbo-Croatian: Škotska
- Serbo-Croatian: Ṣkuṭlanda
- Shan: မိူင်းသၵွတ်ႉတလႅၼ်ႇ
- Shona: Scotland
- Sicilian: Scozzia
- Silesian: Szkocyjo
- Sindhi: اسڪاٽ
- Sindhi: اسڪاٽلينڊ
- Sindhi: اسڪاٽ لينڊ
- Sindhi: اسڪاٽ لينڊ، برطانيا
- Sindhi: البا
- Sindhi: ڪاليدونيا
- Sindhi: ڪاليڊونيا
- Sindhi: ڪيليڊونيا
- Sinhala: ස්කොට්ලන්තය
- Skolt Sami: Skotlantt
- Slovak: Škótsko
- Slovenian: Škotska
- Somali: Skotland
- South Azerbaijani: ایسکاتلند
- Spanish: Caledonia
- Spanish: Escocia
- Sundanese: Skotlandia
- Swahili: Uskoti
- Swati: Sikoshilandi
- Swedish: Skottland
- Swiss German: Schottland
- Tachelhit: Ṣkuṭlanda
- Tagalog: Eskosya
- Tagalog: Scotland
- Tajik: Шотландия
- Talysh: Şotlandiyə
- Talysh: Šotlandijə
- Tamil: ஆல்பா
- Tamil: இசுக்கொட்லாந்து
- Tamil: ஸ்காட்லாந்து
- Tatar: Шотландия
- Telugu: స్కాట్లాండ్
- Tetum: Eskósia
- Thai: Scotland
- Thai: ประเทศสกอตแลนด์
- Thai: ประเทศสก็อตแลนด์
- Thai: ประเทศสก๊อตแลนด์
- Thai: สก็อต
- Thai: สก็อตแลนด์
- Thai: สก๊อตแลนด์
- Thai: แคว้นสกอตแลนด์
- Thai: แคว้นสก็อตแลนด์
- Tibetan: སི་ཁོ་ཁྲི་ལན་ཌི།
- Tok Pisin: Skotlan
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Sikotilani
- Tosk Albanian: Schottland
- Turkish: İskoçya
- Turkmen: Şotlandiýa
- Udmurt: Шотландия
- Uighur: Shotlandiye
- Uighur: شوتلاندىيە
- Ukrainian: Шотландія
- Upper Sorbian: Šotiska
- Urdu: اسکاٹ لینڈ
- Urdu: کالیڈونیا
- Uzbek: Shotlandiya
- Venetian: Scozia
- Venetian: Scòsia
- Veps: Šotlandii
- Vietnamese: Scotland
- Vlaams: Schotland
- Vlax Romani: Scotland
- Volapük: Skotän
- Võro: Sotimaa
- Walloon: Escôsse
- Waray (Philippines): Escocia
- Welsh: Yr Alban
- Western Armenian: Սքոթլանտա
- Western Frisian: Skotlân
- Western Panjabi: سکاٹلینڈ
- Western Panjabi: سکاٹ لینڈ
- Wu Chinese: 苏格兰
- Xhosa: ESkotlani
- Yiddish: סקאטלאנד
- Yoruba: Skọ́tlándì
- Yue Chinese: 蘇格蘭
- Zeeuws: Schotland
- Zulu: IsiKotilandi
- Alba / Scotland
- Escotlālpan
- ma Sukosi
- ស្កុតឡិន
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