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"Central Scotland" can refer to:


  • Central Belt, the area of highest population density in Scotland. Also known as the "Midlands" or "Scottish Midlands"..
  • Central Lowlands, a geologically defined area of relatively low-lying land in southern Scotland

Scottish Parliament electoral region

Main article: Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament region)

Central Scotland (Meadhan-Alba in Gaelic) is also the name of one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. It covers, however, a different geographical area from the former local government region, stretching from Kilmarnock, through most of Lanarkshire up to Falkirk. The electoral region covers 10 of the 73 constituencies of the parliament. In addition to constituency Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) the region elects seven of the 56 additional-member MSPs.