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South Lanarkshire

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South Lanarkshire

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local government area of Scotland

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
Density
490/sq mi (189/km )
Time zone
UTC+0 ( GMT )
Summer dst
UTC+1 ( BST )
Iso 3166 code
GB-SLK
Gss code
S12000029
Website
southlanarkshire .gov .uk

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
council area
Located in
Scotland
Capital
Hamilton
Population
313900
Area
1771.8929
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Shares border with
Glasgow
Image
South Lanarkshire Council Buildings - geograph.org.uk - 2903561.jpg
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Commons category
South Lanarkshire
topic's main category
Category:South Lanarkshire
inception
1996-00-00
category for people born here
Category:Births in South Lanarkshire
category of associated people
Category:People from South Lanarkshire
catalog code
29
carbon footprint
370821.4
historic county
Lanarkshire
native label
South Lanarkshire
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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “South Lanarkshire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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