Angus, Scotland

Angus Aonghas
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Coordinates: 56°40′N 2°55′W / 56.667°N 2.917°W / 56.667; -2.917
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Scotland
Lieutenancy area	Angus
Admin HQ	Forfar
Government
• Body	Angus Council
• MPs	Dave Doogan, SNP Stephen Gethins, SNP
• MSPs	Mairi Evans, SNP Graeme Dey, SNP
Area
• Total	842 sq mi (2,181 km2)
• Rank	Ranked 10th
Population  (2022)
• Total	114,660
• Rank	Ranked 18th
• Density	140/sq mi (53/km2)
GSS code	S12000041
ISO 3166 code	GB-ANS

Angus (Scots: Angus; Scottish Gaelic: Aonghas) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Dundee City and Perth and Kinross. Main industries include agriculture and fishing. Global pharmaceuticals company GSK has a significant presence in Montrose in the east of the county.

Angus was historically a province, and later a sheriffdom and county (called Forfarshire or the County of Forfar until 1928), bordering Kincardineshire to the north-east, Aberdeenshire to the north and Perthshire to the west; southwards it faced Fife across the Firth of Tay. The county included Dundee until 1894, when it was made a county of a city. The pre-1894 boundaries of Angus continue to be used as a registration county. Between 1975 and 1996 Angus was a lower-tier district within the Tayside region. The district took on its modern form and powers in 1996, since when the local authority has been Angus Council.