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Scottish Borders Map

by Vishal Kumar

Scottish Borders Council Map, Scotland (UK) showing the county boundary, major cities, major roads, and county capital.


Map of Scottish borders Council

Sharing borders with such council areas as the Dumfries and Galloway, City of Edinburgh, Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian, and South Lanarkshire, the Scottish Borders is one of the 32 council regions of Scotland. Specifically, the Scottish Borders are situated on the eastern side of Southern Uplands.

Former counties of Peeblesshire, Selkirkshire, Berwickshire, Roxburghshire, and part of Midlothian were amalgamated to form the Scottish Borders Council area in the year 1975. The year 1996 saw the region turning into a unitary authority area and was identified with the name Borders. After the 1995 shadow area council election, it was renamed as Scottish Borders.

Scottish Borders is spread over a total area of 1,831.15 square miles. The Borders have two British Parliamentary constituencies. Following the council election on 3 May 2012, the Scottish Borders Council came to possess 34 councilors.

The administrative center of the Scottish Borders is located at Newtown St. Boswells. After the 2012 local elections, the council administration became a collaboration of the Scottish National Party, Independent Party, and Liberal Democrats.

Cities in Scottish Borders Council

Council City Latitude Longitude
Scottish Borders Newcastleton 55.17 -2.82
Scottish Borders Hawick 55.43 -2.78
Scottish Borders Selkirk 55.53 -2.85
Scottish Borders Kelso 55.58 -2.43
Scottish Borders Galashiels 55.6 -2.82
Scottish Borders Innerleithen 55.62 -3.07
Scottish Borders Peebles 55.63 -3.18
Scottish Borders Lauder 55.7 -2.75
Scottish Borders Greenlaw 55.7 -2.47
Scottish Borders West Linton 55.75 -3.35
Scottish Borders Duns 55.77 -2.35
Scottish Borders Eyemouth 55.87 -2.1

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