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'''Scotland''' is the second largest country of the [[United Kingdom]]; about three-eighths the size of its larger neighbor England, but is much less populous; most of the population lives in the ''central belt'', a band across central Scotland between the capital [[Edinburgh]] and the city of [[Glasgow]]. Other cities are [[Aberdeen]], [[Dundee]] and [[Inverness]].
'''Scotland''' is the second largest country of the [[United Kingdom]]; about three-eighths the size of its larger neighbour England, but is much less populous; most of the population lives in the ''central belt'', a band across central Scotland between the capital [[Edinburgh]] and the city of [[Glasgow]]. Other cities are [[Aberdeen]], [[Dundee]] and [[Inverness]].
Scotland includes the island groups of [[Orkney]], [[Shetland]], the Inner & Outer [[Hebrides]], the islands of the [[Clyde Estuary]] including [[Arran]], [[Bute]], [[Cumbrae]] & [[wee Cumbrae]] and various other smaller islands.
Scotland includes the island groups of [[Orkney]], [[Shetland]], the Inner & Outer [[Hebrides]], the islands of the [[Firth of Clyde]] including [[Arran]], [[Bute]], [[Cumbrae]] & [[Wee Cumbrae]] and various other smaller islands.
==Union with England==
==Union with England==
=== Sports and Pastimes ===
=== Sports and Pastimes ===
The national preoccupation is football ([[soccer]]). Other diversions include [[rugby union]], lawn bowls, chanty wrassling (a native form of wrestling), shinty (similar to hockey), [[cricket]], curling and, of course, [[golf]] - Scotland is the home of golf. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club at [[St Andrews]] is the governing body of world golf.
The national preoccupation is football ([[soccer]]). Other diversions include [[rugby union]], lawn bowls, chanty wrassling (a native form of wrestling), shinty (similar to hockey), [[cricket]], curling, tossing the caber and, of course, [[golf]] - Scotland is the home of golf. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club at [[St Andrews]] is the governing body of world golf.
==References==
==References==