Lanrikshire

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Lanrik
Historic coonty
Kintra	Scotland
Coonty toun	Lanrik (historic) Hamiltoun (modren)
Area
• Total	2,277 km2 (879 sq mi)
	Rankit 11t o 34
Chapman code	LKS

Lanrikshire, offeecially the Coonty o Lanrik (Inglis: Lanarkshire; Scots Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig) is a Lieutenancy area, registration coonty an umwhile local govrenment coonty in the central Lawlands o Scotland. Glesga, the neighbouring major ceety, wis umwhile includit as pairt o Lanrikshire for admeenistrative purposes an remains pairt o the registration coonty.

Historically, Lanrikshire wis the maist populous coonty in Scotland an, in earlier times, haed considerably greater bundaries, includin neighbourin Renfrewshire till 1402.^[1] In modren times, it wis bundit tae the north bi Stirlinshire an a detached portion o Dunbartonshire, to the northeast bi Stirlinshire, Wast Lowden, tae the east bi Peeblesshire, tae the sootheast an sooth bi Dumfriesshire, tae the soothwast bi Dumfriesshire and Ayrshire an tae the wast bi Ayrshire, Renfrewshire an Dunbartonshire.

Lanrikshire wis historically dividit atween twa admeenistrative areas then, in the mid-18t century, wis dividit again intae three wards: the upper, middle an lawer wards wi their admeenistrative centres at Lanrik, Hamiltoun an Glesga respectively an remained this way till the Local Govrenment (Scotland) Act 1889. Ither significant settlements include East Kilbride, Mitherwall, Airdrie, Coatbrig, Blantyre, Cambuslang, Ruglen an Wishae.^[2]

1. ↑ http://www.scottish-places.info/counties/countyhistory17.html
2. ↑ http://www.abcounties.co.uk/counties/list.htm. Association of British Counties. Retrieved on 2009-09-04.