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ID: 7008082
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Record Type: administrative |
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Highland (unitary authority) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 57 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 57.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 005 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -5.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Consists of former counties of Caithness, Sutherland, Ross and Cromarty, and parts of Inverness, Nairn, Moray and Argyll; crossed by numerous mountain ranges, rivers, and lakes; economy based on forestry, livestock, oil, and winter tourism. |
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| Highland (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Highld (C,V)
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............ | abbreviation |
| Highland Region (NA,V,English,U)
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| UKV3 (NA,V,FIPS,English,U)
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Highland (unitary authority) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| unitary authority (preferred, C) |
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since 1996 |
| second level subdivision (C) |
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| agricultural land (C) |
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| region (H) |
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established 1975 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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