FAST FACTS
Capital: Edinburgh
National animal: Unicorn
Currency: Pound sterling
Population: 5.295 million (2011)
National anthems: Scots Wha Hae, Scotland the Brave, A Man's A Man for A' That, Highland Cathedral, Flower of Scotland
Capital: Edinburgh
National animal: Unicorn
Currency: Pound sterling
Population: 5.295 million (2011)
National anthems: Scots Wha Hae, Scotland the Brave, A Man's A Man for A' That, Highland Cathedral, Flower of Scotland
Fun Facts About Scotland
- Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, apart from being its second largest city.
- Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland. Aberdeen and Dundee are amongst the other major cities in the country.
- The Kingdom of Scotland was an independent state until 1 May 1707, when the Acts of Union led to a union with the Kingdom of England, resulting in the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
- The main religions of Scotland are Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) Scottish Episcopal Church and Roman Catholicism.
- English (official) and Gaelic are the main languages of Scotland.
- The motto of Scotland is ‘No one provokes me with impunity’.
- Scotland comprises of approximately 790 islands, out of which around 130 are inhabited.
- Edinburgh was the first city in the world to have its own fire-brigade.
- Scottish surnames are divided in two main categories, namely Gaelic names and Germanic names.
- Scotland is very well known in the world for its whisky, popularly known as Scotch whisky.
- Television, telephone, video cassette recorder, finger printing, home of golf, tarmacadam, tyres are penicillin were all Scottish inventions.
- Scotland boasts of over 600 square miles of freshwater lakes, known as lochs, of which the most famous one is Loch Ness.