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The Highlands and Islands is an area of Scotland broadly covering the Scottish Highlands, plus Orkney, Shetland and Outer Hebrides (Western Isles). The Highlands and Islands are sometimes defined as the area to which the Crofters' Act of 1886 applied. This area consisted of eight counties of Scotland: * Argyll * Caithness * Inverness * Nairn * Orkney * Ross and Cromarty * Shetland * Sutherland

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  • Highlands and Islands (en gaèlic escocès Gaidhealtachd's nan Eilean, en scots Hielands an Islands) és el nom amb el qual es coneix el conjunt format per les terres altes d'Escòcia i les illes Hèbrides, Òrcades i Shetland. Aquesta regió és sovint definida com el conjunt de territoris on es va aplicar el l'any 1886. Aquesta àrea consistia en l'àrea de set d'Escòcia: * * * * Sutherland * Caithness * Orkney * Shetland empra una definició més àmplia, també usada a la NUTS de nivell 2 de l'Eurostat, i des de l'any 1999 també existeix la . A el nom fa referència al govern local (council) de Highland, Orkney, Shetland i les Hèbrides Exteriors. Per referir-se a aquesta àrea també es pot fer servir de la paraula Northern (septentrional).. La , establida l'any 2006, cobreix la major part dels consells d'Argyll and Bute, Highland, Moray, Orkney i les Hèbrides Exteriors, mentre que Shetland és responsabilitat de la . A les eleccions al Parlament escocès de 2007, la regió electoral de Highlands and Islands va ser l'última a declarar els seus vots, que van resultar ser crucials per la victòria del Partit Nacional Escocès, que va obtenir la representació més gran al Parlament escocès per un escó, sobre del Partit Laborista Escocès. (ca)
  • In Schottland bezeichnet Highlands and Islands im Wesentlichen die Highlands zuzüglich der Inselgruppen Orkney, Shetland und Hebriden. Manchmal wird dieses Gebiet als der Gültigkeitsbereich des Crofters’ Act aus dem Jahr 1886 definiert, welcher die sieben Grafschaften Schottlands Argyll, Inverness-shire, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland, Caithness, Orkney und Shetland umfasste. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) nutzt eine umfassendere Definition, welche auch von Eurostat’s NUTS in Ebene 2 verwendet wird. Und es ist auch der Name einer Wahlregion für das Schottische Parlament. (de)
  • The Highlands and Islands is an area of Scotland broadly covering the Scottish Highlands, plus Orkney, Shetland and Outer Hebrides (Western Isles). The Highlands and Islands are sometimes defined as the area to which the Crofters' Act of 1886 applied. This area consisted of eight counties of Scotland: * Argyll * Caithness * Inverness * Nairn * Orkney * Ross and Cromarty * Shetland * Sutherland Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) uses a broader definition also used at Eurostat's NUTS level 2, and there has been a Highlands and Islands electoral region of the Scottish Parliament since 1999. In Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service the name refers to the local government areas (council areas) of Highland, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles. Northern, as in Northern Constabulary, is also used to refer to this area. As of early 2021, Police Scotland operated six Command Areas in Highlands and Islands: North Highland, Inverness, South Highland, Orkney Islands, Shetland Island and Western Isles. Each had a Local Area Commander and a Chief Inspector. The police service works in partnership with Highland Council, Shetland, Orkney and Western Isles Councils. The HITRANS (Highlands and Islands Partnership for Transport), established in 2006, covers most of the council areas of Argyll and Bute, Highland, Moray, Orkney and the Western Isles. Shetland is covered by the separate . Helensburgh and Lomond is covered by SPT. A 2018 estimate stated that population was 469,365, an increase of 0.5% from 2011. A higher than average percentage were self-employed compared to Scotland (11.0% compared to8.7%). The unemployment rate was lower than in Scotland in general, 2.3% vs. 3.2%, and the employment rate was higher at 78.6% vs. 74.7%. The restrictions required by the worldwide pandemic increased unemployment in the Highlands and Islands in summer 2020 to 5.7%; that was significantly higher than the 2.4 per cent in 2019. The rates were said to be highest in "Lochaber, Skye and Wester Ross and Argyll and the Islands". A December 2020 report stated that between March (just before the effects of pandemic were noted) and December, the unemployment rate increased by "more than 97%" and suggested that the outlook was even worse for spring 2021. (en)
  • 高地和群岛(英語:Highlands and Islands)是苏格兰的一个地理和文化分区,通常指苏格兰高地、奥克尼、设得兰以及外赫布里底群岛。 (zh)
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  • In Schottland bezeichnet Highlands and Islands im Wesentlichen die Highlands zuzüglich der Inselgruppen Orkney, Shetland und Hebriden. Manchmal wird dieses Gebiet als der Gültigkeitsbereich des Crofters’ Act aus dem Jahr 1886 definiert, welcher die sieben Grafschaften Schottlands Argyll, Inverness-shire, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland, Caithness, Orkney und Shetland umfasste. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) nutzt eine umfassendere Definition, welche auch von Eurostat’s NUTS in Ebene 2 verwendet wird. Und es ist auch der Name einer Wahlregion für das Schottische Parlament. (de)
  • 高地和群岛(英語:Highlands and Islands)是苏格兰的一个地理和文化分区,通常指苏格兰高地、奥克尼、设得兰以及外赫布里底群岛。 (zh)
  • Highlands and Islands (en gaèlic escocès Gaidhealtachd's nan Eilean, en scots Hielands an Islands) és el nom amb el qual es coneix el conjunt format per les terres altes d'Escòcia i les illes Hèbrides, Òrcades i Shetland. Aquesta regió és sovint definida com el conjunt de territoris on es va aplicar el l'any 1886. Aquesta àrea consistia en l'àrea de set d'Escòcia: * * * * Sutherland * Caithness * Orkney * Shetland empra una definició més àmplia, també usada a la NUTS de nivell 2 de l'Eurostat, i des de l'any 1999 també existeix la . (ca)
  • The Highlands and Islands is an area of Scotland broadly covering the Scottish Highlands, plus Orkney, Shetland and Outer Hebrides (Western Isles). The Highlands and Islands are sometimes defined as the area to which the Crofters' Act of 1886 applied. This area consisted of eight counties of Scotland: * Argyll * Caithness * Inverness * Nairn * Orkney * Ross and Cromarty * Shetland * Sutherland (en)
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  • Highlands and Islands (en)
  • Highlands and Islands (ca)
  • Highlands and Islands (de)
  • 高地和群岛 (zh)
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