South Lanarkshire

South Lanarkshire
Geography
Area: - Total - % Water	Ranked 11th 1,772 km² ? %
Admin HQ:	Hamilton
ISO 3166-2:	GB-SLK
ONS code:	00RF
Demographics
Population: - Total (April 29, 2001) - Density	Ranked 5th 302,216 171 / km²
Politics
South Lanarkshire Council http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk
Control:	Labour
MPs:	Jimmy Hood Adam Ingram Thomas McAvoy John Reid Bill Tynan
MSPs:	Karen Gillon Andy Kerr Janis Hughes Michael McMahon Tom McCabe

South Lanarkshire is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. It borders on the regions of Scottish Borders, East Renfrewshire, Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, City of Glasgow and North Lanarkshire.

Towns and villages

• Auchenheath
• Blackwood
• Blantyre
• Carluke
• Carstairs
• Coalburn
• East Kilbride
• Hamilton
• Kirkmuirhill
• Lanark
• Larkhall
• Lesmahagow
• Motherwell
• New Lanark
• Strathaven
• Wishaw

Places of interest

• Clyde Valley
• Craignethan Castle
• Falls of Clyde
• New Lanark World Heritage Site
• Cadzow Castle
• Chatlerhault Country Park
• David Livingstone Centre