Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is the name of both a county and of one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland. The two are not the same area.

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Aberdeenshire within Scotland
Coordinates: 57°9′3.6″N 2°7′22.8″W
Country	Scotland
Admin HQ	Aberdeen
Government
• Body	Aberdeenshire Council
• Control	Con + LD + Ind (council NOC)
• MPs	Andrew Bowie (Con) Colin Clark (Con) David Duguid (Con)
• MSPs	Alexander Burnett (Con) Mairi Evans (SNP) Gillian Martin (SNP) Stewart Stevenson (SNP) Maureen Watt (SNP)
Area
• Total	2,437 sq mi (6,313 km2)
• Rank	Ranked 4th
Population  (2022)
• Total	262,200
• Rank	Ranked 6th
• Density	110/sq mi (41/km2)
ONS code	S12000034
ISO 3166 code	GB-ABD
Website	www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk

County

County of Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire stretches from the east coast of Scotland up into the mountains. It is between Kincardineshire and Angus (south) and Banffshire (west). Aberdeen is the county town.

Aberdeenshire is mainly countryside and mountain, except in Aberdeen. Aberdeen is one of Britain's richest towns because it serves the North Sea oil rigs.

Fraserburgh is a large fishing port.

Council area

Aberdeenshire

The Aberdeenshire council area takes in the historic counties of Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire and half of Banffshire. It does not include Aberdeen City though, which is a Council Area in its own right. However, Aberdeenshire Council does have its headquarters at Woodhill House, in Aberdeen; the only Scottish council whose headquarters are based outside its area's border.

Aberdeenshire borders Angus and Perth and Kinross to the south, and Highland and Moray to the west.