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 Stewart Hosie, SNP Chris Law, 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, a registration county 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 (known officially as Forfarshire from the 18th century 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; these remain the borders of Angus, minus Dundee which now forms its own small separate council area. Angus remains a registration county and a lieutenancy area. In 1975 some of its administrative functions were transferred to the council district of the Tayside Region, and in 1995 further reform resulted in the establishment of the unitary Angus Council.