Hieland (cooncil area)

Hieland A' Ghàidhealtachd  (Scots Gaelic) Highland  (Inglis)
Coordinates: 57°30′N 5°00′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)
Area rank	Ranked 1st
Population  (mid-2016 est.)
• Total	234,800
• Rank	Rankit 7th
• Density	9/km2 (20/sq mi)
ONS code	S12000017
ISO 3166 code	GB-HLD

Hieland (Scots Gaelic: A' Ghàidhealtachd) is a cooncil area in the Scots Hielands an is the mukkilest cooncil area in baith Scotland an the Unitit Kinrick as a hail. It skares mairches wi the cooncil areas 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 area 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

• Altnaharra (Allt-na-h-Aire), Aviemore (An Aghaidh Mhòr)
• Ballachulish (Baile a' Chaolais), Beulie (A' Mhanachainn), Bettyhill (Am Blàran Odhar)
• Cromarty (Cromba)
• Dalwhinnie (Dail Chuinnidh), Dingwall (Inbhir Pheofharain), Dornie (An Dòrnaidh), Dornach (Dòrnach), Drumnadrochit (Druim na Droichaid)
• Fort Augustus (Cill Chuimein), The Fort (An Gearasdan)
• Gairloch (Geàrrloch), Glenelg, Golspie (Goillspidh), Grantoun
• Helmsdale (Bun Ilidh)
• Innerness (Inbhir Nis)
• John o Groats (Taigh Iain Ghròt)
• Kineussie (Ceann-á-Ghuibhsaich), Kyle o Lochalsh (Caol Loch Aillse)
• Lochinver (Loch an Inbhir)
• Mallaig (Malaig)
• Nairn (Inbhir Narann)
• Portmahomack (Port Mo-Chalmaig), Portree (Port Rìgh)
• Rosemartnie (Ros Maircnidh)
• Strathpeffer (Srath Pheofhair), Strontian (Sròn an t-Sìthein)
• Tain (Baile Dhubhthaich), Thursa (Inbhir Theòrsa), Torridon (Toirbheartan)
• Ullapool (Ullapul)
• Weik (Inbhir Ùige)

Steids o interest

• Cairngorms Naitional Pairk
• Culloden Battilfeild
• Fort George
• Loch Duich
• Loch Lochy
• Loch Ness
• Rannoch Muir
• Urquhart Castle

Fremmit airtins

• Hieland (cooncil area) at Curlie
• The Highland Council (Comhairle na Gaidhealtachd)
• The Hieland cooncil area in the Gazetteer for Scotland wabsteid
• Scottish Highlands and Islands Film Commission Archived 2020-09-20 at the Wayback Machine