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Angus
- This article is about the region in Scotland. Angus can also refer to Angus cattle or to a film (Angus) about an overweight boy who is humiliated by his peers. In Celtic mythology, Angus is an alternative spelling for Aengus, the legendary hero.
| Angus | |
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| Geography | |
| Area: - Total - % Water | Ranked 10th 2,182 km² ? % |
| Admin HQ: | Forfar |
| ISO 3166-2: | GB-ANS |
| ONS code: | 00QC |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (April 29, 2001) - Density | Ranked 18th 108,400 50 / km² |
| Politics | |
| Angus Council http://www.angus.gov.uk | |
| Control: | SNP |
| MPs: | Michael Weir Peter Wishart |
| MSPs: | Andrew Welsh John Swinney |
| Historic Angus | |
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Angus is one of the historic counties and also one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. The unitary council region borders onto Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and the City of Dundee. Main industries: agriculture and fishing.
The traditional county borders Kincardineshire to the north-east, the former county of Aberdeenshire to the north, Perthshire to the west. Southwards, it faces Fife across the Firth of Tay.
The county can be split into three geographic areas. To the North and West, the topography is mountainous. This is the area of the five Angus Glens. The area is sparsely populated and the main industry is hill-farming. In the South and East, the topography consists of rolling hills bordering the sea. The area is fairly well populated with the larger towns and the City of Dundee on the coast. In between these two areas lies Strathmore, the Great Valley, a fertile agricultural area, noted for potatoes, Angus cattle, and soft fruit.
Angus is also a hamburger name sold by Burger King at 2004.
Towns and villages
- Aberlemno
- Arbroath -- largest town
- Auchmithie
- Brechin
- Bridge of Craigisla
- Carmyllie
- Carnoustie
- Edzell
- Farnell
- Forfar -- County capital and administrative centre
- Friockheim
- Glamis
- Guthrie
- Inverkeilor
- Kirriemuir
- Letham
- Newbigging
- Monifieth
- Monikie
- Montrose
- St Vigeans
Places of interest
- Aberlemno Sculptured Stones (Pictish symbols)
- Angus Folk Museum , Glamis
- Arbroath Abbey, place of signing of the Declaration of Arbroath
- Caledonian Railway (Brechin)
- Carnlochan NNR - National Nature Reserve
- Edzell Castle
- Glamis Castle
- Loch of Kinnordy Nature Reserve
- Montrose Basin Nature Reserve
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