Argyll and Bute

Argyll and Bute Argyll an Buit Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd
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Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Scotland
Lieutenancy areas	Argyll and Bute, Dunbartonshire (part)
Admin HQ	Lochgilphead
Government
• Body	Argyll and Bute Council
• Control	Ind + Con + LD (council NOC)
• MPs	Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
• MSPs	Jenni Minto (SNP) Jackie Baillie (Labour)
Area
• Total	2,667 sq mi (6,907 km2)
• Rank	Ranked 2nd
Population  (2022)
• Total	87,920
• Rank	Ranked 27th
• Density	33/sq mi (13/km2)
GSS code	S12000035
ISO 3166 code	GB-AGB

Argyll and Bute (Scots: Argyll an Buit; Scottish Gaelic: Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, pronounced [ɛrˠəˈɣɛːəlˠ̪ akəs̪ ˈpɔːtʲ]) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020).^[1] The administrative centre for the council area is in Lochgilphead at Kilmory Castle, a 19th-century Gothic Revival building and estate. The current council leader is Councillor Jim Lynch.^[2]

Argyll and Bute covers the second-largest administrative area of any Scottish council. The council area adjoins those of Highland, Perth and Kinross, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire.