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[[File:Scottish Thistle (Heraldry).svg|thumb|Thistle of Scotland Heraldic Badge of Scotland <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scottish_Thistle_(Heraldry).svg wiki]</ref> | [[File:Scottish Thistle (Heraldry).svg|thumb|Thistle of Scotland Heraldic Badge of Scotland <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scottish_Thistle_(Heraldry).svg wiki]</ref>]] | ||
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a 96-mile (154-kilometre) border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the [[North Sea]] to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. | Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a 96-mile (154-kilometre) border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the [[North Sea]] to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. | ||