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Scotland
Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Scotland (Alba in Gaelic) is a nation in northwest Europe and a constituent country of the United Kingdom.
The country occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shares a land border to the south with England and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the south-west.
In 1603, the Scottish King James VI inherited the throne of the Kingdom of England, and became James I of England.
However, the Kingdom of Scotland was an independent state until 1 May 1707, when the Act of Union resulted in an incorporating union with the Kingdom of England to create the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Scotland (English/Scots) Alba (Scottish Gaelic)
Scotland Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity)
Languages English, Gaelic, Scots
Capital Edinburgh
Largest city Glasgow
Area 78,782 km²
Population 5,062,011
Unification 843 by Kenneth I of Scotland (Cináed mac Ailpín)
Currency Pound sterling (£) (GBP) #1
Time zone UTC, Summer: UTC +11
National anthem Flower of Scotland (de facto) #2
National flower Thistle
Patron saint St Andrew
Internet TLD .uk #1
Calling Code 441 1.
#1 In common with the rest of the UK.
#2. No official anthem. God Save the Queen is traditionally the UK national anthem.


External links

For a more information about Scotland see Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This page was retrieved and condensed from (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland) December 2005
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (see Copyrights for details).

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