Angus

Angus
*Aonghas*
Angus; Aonghas
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	Angus within Scotland
	Coordinates: 56°40′N 2°55′W / 56.667°N 2.917°WCoordinates: 56°40′N 2°55′W / 56.667°N 2.917°W
Admin HQ	Farfar
Govrenment
• Bodi	Angus Cooncil
• Control	Ind + Con + LD (cooncil NOC)
• MPs	Kirstene Hair, Conservative; Stewart Hosie, SNP; Chris Law, SNP;
• MSPs	Mairi Evans, SNP; Graeme Dey, SNP;
Area
• Total	2,181 km2 (842 sq mi)
Area rank	Ranked 10th
Population (mid-2016 est.)
• Total	116,500
• Rank	Rankit 17th
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)
ONS code	S12000041
ISO 3166 code	GB-ANS
Website	www.angus.gov.uk

Angus (Scots Gaelic: Aonghas) is ane o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland, a registration coontie an a lieutenancie area. The cooncil area borders Aiberdeenshire, Perth an Kinross an Dundee.^[1]

Historie

Angus wis historicalie a coontie (kent as Farfarshire frae the echteent centurie till 1928, whan it chynged til Angus) till 1975 whan it becam a destrik o the Tayside region. In 1996, twa-teir local govrenment wis forduin an Angus wis estaiblisht as a cooncil area in its steid. The umwhyl coontie haed mairches wi Kincardineshire til the nor'eist, the coontie o Aiberdeenshire til the north an Perthshire til the wast. The mairches o the-day's cooncil area ar the same as thae o the auld coontie but withoot the ceitie o Dundee.

Geografie

Angus can be splat intil thrie geografic areas. The north an wast is muntainous wi no monie dwallers an the main industrie is hill-fermin. Til the sooth an eist the laundskape is maistlins rowin hills borderin the sie. This area haes monie dwallers, wi the mukkiler touns an the ceitie o Dundee liggin on the coast. In atwein ligs Strathmore (frae a Gaelic name meinin "the gret dale") whilk is a growthie fermin area noted for the growin o tatties, saft fruit an the upbringin o Angus kye.