South West Scotland is one of the

subdivisions of Scotland For Local government in Scotland, local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas" (), which are all governed by unitary authority, single-tier authorities designated as "councils". They have the opti ...

. Under the

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(NUTS), it was classified as a NUTS-2 statistical region. In the revised classification in 2016, the region was split into two statistical regions of West Central Scotland and Southern Scotland. Following

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, the regions were assigned under the new

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codes in 2021. The region forms the south western part of the country, encompassing an area of . It incorporates 13 of the 32 defined

council areas For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas" (), which are all governed by single-tier authorities designated as "councils". They have the option under the Local Government (Gaelic Names) (Sc ...

including the city of

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Classification

Scotland is organized into 32

for administrative purposes. The

(NUTS) organized Scotland into four broader level subdivisions. These are classified as a NUTS-2 statistical regions, and incorporated various council areas within it. In 2016, the areas were re-classified, and South West Scotland was split into two NUTS-2 regions of West Central Scotland and Southern Scotland. Following

, the regions were assigned under the new

codes in 2021.

Geography

The region forms the south western part of the country, encompassing an area of . It is situated in the north east of the main island of the United Kingdom, closer to Northern Ireland. It shares land borders with the Scottish highlands to the north, Eastern Scotland to the north-east and

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, and

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regions of England to the south. It has the

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to the west and

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to the east.

Sub-divisions

South West Scotland incorporates 13 of the 32 defined

including the city of

References

External links

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