South Lanarkshire - Definition and Overview

South Lanarkshire
Geography
Area: - Total - % Water	Ranked 11th 1,772 km² ? %
Admin HQ:	Hamilton
ISO 3166-2:	GB-SLK
ONS code:	00RF
Demographics
Population: - Total (April 29, 2001) - Density	Ranked 5th 302,216 171 / km²
Politics
South Lanarkshire Council http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk
Control:	Labour
MPs:	Jimmy Hood Adam Ingram Thomas McAvoy John Reid Bill Tynan

South Lanarkshire is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. It borders on the regions of Scottish Borders, East Renfrewshire, Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, City of Glasgow and North Lanarkshire.

Towns and villages

• Auchenheath
• Blackwood
• Carluke
• Carstairs
• Coalburn
• East Kilbride
• Hamilton
• Kirkmuirhill
• Lanark
• Larkhall
• Lesmahagow
• Motherwell
• New Lanark
• Strathaven
• Wishaw

Places of interest

• Clyde Valley
• Craignethan Castle
• Falls of Clyde
• New Lanark World Heritage Site
• Cadzow Castle
• Chatlerhault Country Park

Scotland | Council Areas of Scotland

Aberdeen | Aberdeenshire | Angus | Argyll and Bute | Clackmannanshire | Dumfries and Galloway | Dundee | East Ayrshire | East Dunbartonshire | East Lothian | East Renfrewshire | na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) | Edinburgh | Falkirk | Fife | Glasgow | Highland | Inverclyde | Midlothian | Moray | North Ayrshire | North Lanarkshire | Orkney | Perth and Kinross | Renfrewshire | Scottish Borders | Shetland | South Ayrshire | South Lanarkshire | Stirling | West Dunbartonshire | West Lothian