Clydesdale (district)

55°42′00″N 3°49′59″W / 55.700°N 3.833°W / 55.700; -3.833

Clydesdale Lanark (1975–1980)
District
Population
• 1991[1]	57,588
History
• Created	16 May 1975
• Abolished	31 March 1996
• Succeeded by	(Part of) South Lanarkshire
Status	District
• HQ	Lanark

Clydesdale (pronounced /ˈklaɪdzdeɪl/; Dail Chluaidh in Scottish Gaelic, pronounced [t̪ʰal̪ˠ ˈxl̪ˠuəj]) was a local government district in the Strathclyde region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. The district was initially called Lanark when created in 1975, but changed its name to Clydesdale in 1980. Clydesdale was an old name for the county of Lanarkshire, one of the historic counties of Scotland. Both the names Clydesdale and Strathclyde reference the area's position in the valley (strath or dale) of the River Clyde.