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The '''Scottish Highlands''' consist of the area of the [[British]] mainland north and west of the [[Highland Boundary Fault]]. The area, as ''Highland Region'' became an administrative region of Scotland in 1975, formed by a merger of the former counties of [[Caithness]], [[Sutherland]], [[Ross and Cromarty]], [[Inverness-shire]] (excluding [[Rockall]], [[Harris]], [[North Uist]], [[Benbecula]], [[South Uist]] and [[Skye]]), and [[Nairnshire]]. In 1996 Highland became a county of Scotland under the local government reforms of that year. The administrative centre and 'capital' of the Highlands is the city of [[Inverness]].

The '''Scottish Highlands''' are a geographical, cultural and historical region of [[Scotland]]. It consists of the area of the [[British]] mainland north and west of the [[Highland Boundary Fault]]; the Hebrides archipelago may (wholly or partially) be classed as part of the Scottish Highlands too although, together with [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]], they are most often grouped together as '''Highland and Islands'''.

 

It lends its name to [[The Highland Council]], which covers a large area of the region.  

[[Category:Scottish Counties and Regions]]

[[Category:Scottish Counties and Regions]]