Name: Land of the Gaels. Capital city: Edinburgh. Largest city: Glasgow. Languages: English and Scottish Gaelic. Gentilic: Scottish or Scots
(colloquial) Currency: Pound sterling. Population: 5.313.600. National
symbol: The thistle, the kilt and the bagpipe.
Flag: Represented
by a blue x-shaped cross set on a white background. This cross is known as the Saltire or Saint
Andrew’s Cross and has represented Scotland from as far back as the 16th century.
National holiday: November 3oth. Saint
Andrew’s Day, celebrated in honour of Saint Andrew, the patron saint of
Scotland.
Natural
features: Scotland is a mountainous country in the north of the
island of Great Britain and shares a land border to the south with England and
is bounded by the North Sea on the east and the Atlantic Ocean on the west. It
has some 790 islands - 130 inhabited. It also has fresh water lochs (lakes) One
of the most famous is Loch Ness, where a mysterious monster (Nessie) is said
to lurk in its depths.
Tallest mountain: Ben Nevis
(1.343 m.) Main river: River Tay
(188 km.) Wildlife: Red fox,
red deer, red squirrel, mountain hare, grey seal and salmon.
Significant monuments and places:
Edinburgh Castle, National Wallace Monument, The Scott Monument, Robert Burns
Monument and lots of castles.
Literature: Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Burns, Arthur Conan Doyle, David Hume... Music: Annie Lennox, Wet Wet Wet, Travis and Simple Minds. Food: Haggis, fish, shortbread and whisky. Sports: Rugby, football and cricket.
- Song: Love is all around
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