Smaller Central Belt [edit]. The area is often considered as the triangle defined by the M8, M80 motorway and M9 motorways stretching from Greenock and Glasgow in the west to Edinburgh in the east, encompassing towns such as Paisley, Cambuslang, Hamilton, Stirling, Falkirk, Cumbernauld, Livingston and Bathgate.
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The island of Ireland lies only 19 miles (31 km) from the southwestern peninsula of Kintyre; Norway is 190 miles (310 km) to the east; the Faroes, 170 miles (270 km) to the north; and Iceland, 460 miles (740 km) to the northwest.
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The west coast is, in a straight line, 416 km. long, but in reality (because of the many bays) 3200 km. Scotland counts 790 islands, of which 130 are inhabited. Geografically Scotland consists of 2 parts: the mainland and the islands.
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The larger Central Belt is a trapezoid stretching from Dundee, to Ayr, and Dumbarton to Dunbar. This also takes in fairly densely populated areas such as Ayrshire, Fife, Midlothian and East Lothian.
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The Central Belt of Scotland is the area of highest population density within Scotland. It has a population of about 3.5m covering an area of approximately 10,000 km 2, including Greater Glasgow, Ayrshire, Falkirk, Edinburgh, Lothian and Fife.
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Despite the name, it is not geographically central but is nevertheless situated at the 'waist' of Scotland on a conventional map and the term 'central' is used in many local government, police and NGO designations.
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In the south of Scotland lie the Southern Uplands, a vast, rolling mountain chain that is less rugged and more forested than the Highlands. Shorter than the Highlands, the tallest mountain in the range is Merrick, at 843 m (2,766 ft).
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The last countings tell there are about 5.2 million inhabitants at this moment, an average population density of 66 people per square kilometer (the average in the whole UK is 381 p. sq. km.). But the number of people is declining and the expectation is there will be no more than 5 million people in 2026. Scotland makes up for almost 35% of the surface of the UK (78.722 sq. km.), but only 9.5% of the population lives there. Scotland and it's offshore islands are the northern part of the British island. On the west and north coast the Atlantic forms the border and in the east coast the Northsea.
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Scotland's only land border is with England, which runs for 60 miles (97 km) in a northeasterly direction from the Solway Firth in the west to the North Sea on the east coast. Separated by the North Channel, the island of Ireland lies 19 miles (31 km) from the southwest tip of the Scottish mainland. Norway is located 190 miles (310 km) to the northeast of Scotland across the North Sea.
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Shetland and Orkney, together with Fair Isle and Stroma are referred to as the Northern Isles. With a total land area of 860 square miles (2,200 km 2) Lewis and Harris (referred to as two islands but actually just one) is the largest island surrounding Scotland.
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how many square kilometers is scotland's
The land area of Scotland is 78.722 square kilometers.