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Tour Scotland with Scottish Tours for all your Scotland Travel needs
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Scotland Today
Today Scotland's population is approx 5.1 million. Glasgow is the largest city with a population of approximately 660,000 while the capital, Edinburgh, has a population of around 400,000 with Aberdeen next at just under 190,000.
Scotland covers an area of approximately 30000 sq miles/ 77700 sq km and is situated between 55 and 60 degrees north. Scotland's central belt is at almost the same latitude as Moscow, Shetland being closer to the Arctic Circle than to the south of England. Scotland constitutes around 34% of Britain's land mass and is roughly two-thirds the size of England.
The mainland has sea on three sides and there are few places in Scotland more than 40 miles/64 km from salt water. The west coast is about 260 miles/416 km in a straight line but has over 2000 miles of indented coastline.
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