Strathclyde

Strathclyde Srath Chluaidh
Former Region
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Area
1,350,283 hectares (3,336,620 acres)
Population
c. 2,286,800
History
• Origin	Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
• Created	16 May 1975
• Abolished	31 March 1996
• Succeeded by	Argyll and Bute East Ayrshire East Dunbartonshire East Renfrewshire Glasgow City Council Inverclyde North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire Renfrewshire South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire West Dunbartonshire
Government	Strathclyde Regional Council
• Type	Regional Council
• HQ	Strathclyde House, India Street, Glasgow

Strathclyde (Ystrad Clud in Northern Brittonic; Srath Chluaidh [s̪t̪ɾa ˈxl̪ˠɯi] in Gaelic, meaning 'strath [valley] of the River Clyde') was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. The Strathclyde region had 19 districts. The region was named after the early medieval Kingdom of Strathclyde centred on Govan, but covered a broader geographic area than its namesake.