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Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Encompasses to the northern third of the island of Britain, it shares a boundary with England to the south and is bounded by the North ocean to the east, the Atlantic Ocean in the north and west, and the North Channel and the Irish ocean in the southwest. In supplement to the mainland, Scotland includes 790 isles encompassing the to the north Isles and the Hebrides.
Edinburgh, the capital and second biggest town, is one of the biggest economic center in Europe. Edinburgh was once a center of the Scottish Enlightenment in the 18th years, which conveyed Scotland into one of the foremost trading power, understanding, and European industry. Glasgow, Scotland's biggest town, was once one of the premier industrial towns and now lies at the center of Glasgow conurbation Kingdom. Scottish waters consist of a large part North Atlantic and the North Sea, encompassing the largest oil reserves in the European Union.
It has made Aberdeen, the third biggest town in Scotland, as the oil center of Europe.
