Scotland
•Scotland, one of the four national units that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• E•Scotland, one of the four national units that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland. dinburgh is the capital of Scotland.
Edinburgh
•Situated on the east coast of Scotland's central lowlands
• The capital of Scotland - home to the Scottish Parliament
•The population is 1,400,000.
The Gaelic language -part of a family of Celtic languages, language which is spoken in Scotland for the longest time.
Gaelic speakers, mostly live in the Western Isles, the Central belt and the northern Highlands.
•The population of Scotland (2004 estimate) is 5,078,400.
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•The people of Scotland, like those of the United Kingdom in general, are descendants of various ethnic stocks, including the Picts, Celts, Scandinavians, Anglo-Saxons, and newer immigrant groups.
•Scotland has a rich musical heritage. The traditional instruments of Scotland include the fiddle, classic (the Celtic harp), and bagpipes, an ancient instrument that was probably brought to Scotland by Romans. Traditional folk tunes are not standardized, and a single song may have hundreds of variations in lyrics and music. A revival of traditional Scottish music began in the 1960s, and it continues to influence contemporary musical forms, including Scottish folk rock and Gaelic-language music.
FOOD
nHaggis – Scottish national dish, chopped lamb meat, mixed with oatmeal, spices and whatever else, stuffed inside the stomach of sheep and boiled for several hours, eaten together with mashed potatoes
Scotch Whisky
Whisky - Scotland's national drink, in the Gaelic it means water of life, one of the country's biggest earners
•Scotland is governed as an integral part of the United Kingdom. It is represented by 59 members in the House of Commons, the lower house of the British Parliament. In 1999 the British Parliament devolved many of its responsibilities in Scotland to a new Scottish Parliament.
•The executive is formed by the party or parties that hold a majority of seats in the Scottish Parliament. A first minister, nominated by the parliament, leads the executive and also appoints the other Scottish ministers.
The official head of Scotland is the British Monarch.
Glasgow
•Scotland's largest city
on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands.
•Glasgow's economy - financial and business services, communications, biosciences, optoelectronics, software design, creative industries, healthcare, retail and tourism.
