Angus
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Angus (Scots Gaelic: Aonghas) is ane o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland, a registration coontie an a lieutenancie area. The cooncil area borders Aiberdeenshire, Perth an Kinross an Dundee.[1]
Angus Aonghas | |
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Angus within Scotland | |
Coordinates: 56°40′N 2°55′W | |
Admin HQ | Farfar |
Govrenment | |
• Bodi | Angus Cooncil |
• Control | Ind + Con + LD (cooncil NOC) |
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Area | |
• Total | 2,181 km2 (842 sq mi) |
Area rank | Ranked 10th |
Population (mid-2016 est.) | |
• Total | 116,500 |
• Rank | Rankit 17th |
• Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
ONS code | S12000041 |
ISO 3166 code | GB-ANS |
Website | www |
Angus wis historicalie a coontie (kent as Farfarshire frae the echteent centurie till 1928, whan it chynged til Angus) till 1975 whan it becam a destrik o the Tayside region. In 1996, twa-teir local govrenment wis forduin an Angus wis estaiblisht as a cooncil area in its steid. The umwhyl coontie haed mairches wi Kincardineshire til the nor'eist, the coontie o Aiberdeenshire til the north an Perthshire til the wast. The mairches o the-day's cooncil area ar the same as thae o the auld coontie but withoot the ceitie o Dundee.
Angus can be splat intil thrie geografic areas. The north an wast is muntainous wi no monie dwallers an the main industrie is hill-fermin. Til the sooth an eist the laundskape is maistlins rowin hills borderin the sie. This area haes monie dwallers, wi the mukkiler touns an the ceitie o Dundee liggin on the coast. In atwein ligs Strathmore (frae a Gaelic name meinin "the gret dale") whilk is a growthie fermin area noted for the growin o tatties, saft fruit an the upbringin o Angus kye.
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