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[edit] Re Subdivisions of Scotland

Subdivisions of Scotland represent many different systems of subdivision. They have evolved during centuries of history, creating a complex pattern of overlapping areas and a potentially confusing pattern of placename usage. The same placename may refer to several different areas with overlapping boundaries.

Systems of subdivision include:

System Notes
Unitary council areas The unitary council areas of Scotland are the 32 local government areas that have covered the whole of Scotland since 1996.
Island council areas are now counted as three of the 32 unitary council areas.
Regions and districts
and island council areas		 The regions and districts were used as local government areas from 1975 to 1996.
They did not cover the whole of Scotland, however.
There were also island council areas, which may be seen as regions of just one district and, in retrospect, as early examples of Scottish unitary council areas.
Counties County councils were created in 1889 and abolished in 1975.
From 1894 to 1930 there were also parish councils, parishes being subdivisions of the county.
Counties and parishes have histories which long predate county and parish councils.
Burgh councils pre-date the county council system and survived until the system of regions and districts plus island council areas was created in 1975.
Scottish Westminster constituencies There have been Scottish constituencies of the Parliament of Great Britain since 1708.
They became constituencis of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1801.
Boundaries and names have been much changed since 1801.
Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions The Scottish Parliament and its constituencies and electoral regions were created in 1999.
The constituencies were created to be identical to United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, but the latter were reformed in 2005, while the Scottish Parliament constituencies remained unchanged.
Lieutenancy areas

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[edit] Re Council areas of Scotland

Planned as a rewrite of material now in Subdivisions of Scotland.

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