page_title: Perth and Kinross
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Perth and Kinross / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Imperial gazeteer of Scotland, or, Dictionary of Scottish Topography. Volume 2. Edited by Rev. John Marius Wilson.https://archive.org/stream/imperialgazettee02wilsuoft#page/n648/mode/1up
context_page_description: Perth and Kinross is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and Stirling council areas. Perth is the administrative centre. With the exception of a large area of south-western Perthshire, the council area mostly corresponds to the historic counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire.
  Perthshire and Kinross-shire shared a joint county council from 1929 until 1975. The area formed a single local government district in 1975 within the Tayside region under the Local Government Act 1973, and was then reconstituted as a unitary authority in 1996 by the Local Government etc. Act 1994.
  Geographically the area is split by the Highland Boundary Fault into a more mountainous northern part and a flatter southern part. The northern area is a popular tourist spot, while agriculture makes an important contribution to the southern part of the area.
  The area is run by Perth and Kinross Council, and is represented by members of the Scottish National Party within both the Scottish Parliament and the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
context_section_description: The historical counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire were separate entities prior to 1975. Under the terms of the 1973 Local Government (Scotland) Act Kinross-shire became part of the Tayside region, while Perthshire was split between the Tayside and Central regions. Under the terms of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 these regions were desolved in 1996 and the unitary authority of Perth and Kinross was created from the areas of Perthshire and Kinross-shire which were previously part of the Tayside region.
caption: Perth & Clackmannan Shires. 1854. Civil Parish map
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