Hieland (cooncil aurie)

Hieland
*A' Ghàidhealtachd* (Scots Gaelic)
*Highland* (Inglis)
Hieland; A' Ghàidhealtachd (Scots Gaelic); Highland (Inglis)
	Coordinates: 57°30′N 5°00′W / 57.500°N 5.000°WCoordinates: 57°30′N 5°00′W / 57.500°N 5.000°W
Admin HQ	Innerness
Govrenment
• Bodi	The Hieland Cooncil; www.highland.gov.uk; (Comhairle na Gaidhealtachd; www.gaidhealtachd.gov.uk)
• Control	Ind + LD + Lab (cooncil NOC)
• MPs	Caithness, Sutherland an Easter Ross: Jamie Stone; Innerness, Nairn, Badenoch an Strathspey: Drew Hendry; Ross, Skye an Lochaber: Ian Blackford;
• MSPs	Caithness, Sutherland an Ross: Gail Ross; Innerness an Nairn: Fergus Ewing; Skye, Lochaber an Badenoch: Kate Forbes; Highlands and Islands: Donald Cameron, John Finnie, Rhoda Grant, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Edward Mountain, David Stewart an Maree Todd;
Area
• Total	25,657 km2 (9,906 sq mi)
Aurie rank	Ranked 1st
Population (mid-2016 est.)
• Tot	234,800
• Rank	Rankit 7th
• Density	9/km2 (20/sq mi)
ONS code	S12000017
ISO 3166 code	GB-HLD

Hieland (Scots Gaelic: A' Ghàidhealtachd)^[1] is a cooncil aurie in the Scots Hielands an is the mukkilest cooncil aurie in baith Scotland an the Unitit Kinrick as a hail. It skares mairches wi the cooncil auries o Moray, Aiberdeenshire, Perth an Kinross, an Argyll an Bute. Thair cooncils, an thae o Angus an Stirlin, hae bits o the Scots Hielands athin thair mairches anaw. The Hieland aurie kivers maist o the mainland an Inner-Hebridean pairts o the umwhyl coonties o Innerness-shire an Ross an Cromarty, aw o Sutherland, Caithness an Nairnshire, an wee bits o Argyll an Moray.

Touns an veilages[eedit | eedit soorce]

Alness (Anas), Altnaharra (Allt-na-h-Aire), Aipilcross (A' Chomraich), Ardersier (Àird nan Saor), Aviemore (An Aghaidh Mhòr), Avoch (Abhach)
Back o Keppoch (A'Cheapaich), Ballachulish (Baile a' Chaolais), Beulie (A' Mhanachainn), Bettyhill (Am Blàran Odhar), Braidfuird (An t-Àth Leathann), Brora (Brùra)
Cromarty (Cromba), Culloden (Cul Lodan)
Dalwhinnie (Dail Chuinnidh), Dingwall (Inbhir Pheofharain), Dornie (An Dòrnaidh), Dornach (Dòrnach), Drumnadrochit (Druim na Droichaid), Durness (Diuranais)
Fearn, Fort Augustus (Cill Chuimein), Fortrose (A' Chananaich), Fort William (An Gearasdan)
Gairloch (Geàrrloch), Glencoe (Gleann Comhann), Golspie (Goillspidh)
Helmsdale (Bun Ilidh)
Invergarry, Invergordon (Inbhir Ghòrdain), Inverie (Inbhir Iodh), Invermoriston (Inbhir Mhoireastain), Innerness (Inbhir Nis)
John o Groats (Taigh Iain Ghròt)
Kineussie (Ceann-á-Ghuibhsaich), Kinlochbervie (Ceann Loch Biorbhaidh), Kinlochleven (Ceann Loch Lìobhann), Kyle o Lochalsh (Caol Loch Aillse)
Lochinver (Loch an Inbhir)
Mallaig (Malaig)
Nairn (Inbhir Narann), Newtonmore (Baile Ur an t-Slèibh)
Plockton (Am Ploc), Portmahomack (Port Mo-Chalmaig), Portree (Port Rìgh)
Rosemarkie (Ros Maircnidh)
Strathpeffer (Srath Pheofhair), Strontian (Sròn an t-Sìthein)
Tain (Baile Dhubhthaich), Thursa (Inbhir Theòrsa), Tung (Tunga), Torridon (Toirbheartan)
Ullapuil (Ullapul)
Wick (Inbhir Ùige)

↑ Gàidhealtachd is uis'd ti translate Hieland; in ither contexts it is uis'd ti translate Scots Hielands an Gaeldom