Key facts
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Country
- Scotland
- Lieutenancy area
- Lanarkshire
- Unitary authority
- 1 April 1996
- Administrative hq
- Lanark County Buildings
- Type
- Council
- Body
- South Lanarkshire Council
- Control
- No overall control
- Mps
- 4 MPs David Mundell ( C ) Joani Reid ( I ) Imogen Walker ( L ) Michael Shanks ( L )
- Msps
- 5 MSPs Màiri McAllan ( SNP ) Collette Stevenson ( SNP ) Christina McKelvie ( SNP ) Clare Haughey ( SNP ) Stephanie Callaghan ( SNP )
- Total
- 684 sq mi (1,772 km )
- Rank
- 11th
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South Lanarkshire (Scots: Sooth Lanrikshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas) is one of 32 unitary authorities of Scotland. It borders the south-east of the Glasgow City council area and contains some of Greater Glasgow's suburban towns, as well as many rural towns and villages. It also shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, North Lanarkshire, the Scottish Borders and West Lothian. It includes most of the historic county of Lanarkshire.
The administrative centre of South Lanarkshire is Hamilton, with the seat of the local authority, South Lanarkshire Council, located at Lanark County Buildings.