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North Lanrikshire

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North Lanrikshire
North Lanarkshire
Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath
Coordinates: 55°49′44″N 3°55′19″W / 55.829°N 3.922°W / 55.829; -3.922Coordinates: 55°49′44″N 3°55′19″W / 55.829°N 3.922°W / 55.829; -3.922
Admin HQMitherwall
Govrenment
 • BodiNorth Lanarkshire Cooncil
 • ControlLabour minority (cooncil NOC)
 • MPs
 • MSPs
Area
 • Total469.9 km2 (181.4 sq mi)
Area rankRanked 19th
Population
 (mid-2016 est.)
 • Total339,400
 • RankRankit 4th
 • Density722/km2 (1,870/sq mi)
ONS codeS12000044
ISO 3166 codeGB-NLK
Websitewww.northlanarkshire.gov.uk

North Lanrikshire (Inglis: North Lanarkshire, Scots Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath) is ane o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland. It borders ontil the nor'eist o the ceitie o Glesga an inhauds mukkil o Glesga's suburbs an commuter touns an veelages. Hit haes mairches wi Stirlin, Fawkirk, East Dunbartonshire, Wast Lowden an Sooth Lanrikshire. The cooncil kivers pairts o the umwhyl coonties o Lanrikshire, Dunbairtonshire an Stirlinshire.

The area wis maed in 1996, maistlin frae the Cummernaud an Kilsyth, Mitherwall an Monklands destriks an hantil pairts o Strathclyde Regional Cooncil.

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