Lanarkshire
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{{infobox Scotland county|
|County= Lanark
|Image= [[Image:Lanarkshire Traditional.png|230px]]
|SizeRank= 9th
|Size= 574,439 acres (2325 km²)
|Water= ?
|CountyTown= [[Lanark]]
|ChapmanCode=LKS
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'''Lanarkshire''' (''Siorrachd Lannraig'' in [[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]]), officially the '''County of Lanark''', was formerly a [[Counties of Scotland|county]] of [[Scotland]].
It was bounded to the north by [[Stirlingshire]] and a detached portion of [[Dunbartonshire]], to the northeast by Stirlingshire, [[West Lothian]], to the east by [[Peeblesshire]], to the southeast and south by [[Dumfriesshire]], to the southwest by Dumfriesshire and [[Ayrshire]] and to the west by Ayrshire, [[Renfrewshire]] and Dunbartonshire. The city of [[Glasgow]] was part of Lanarkshire until 1893.
Lanarkshire was for some purposes treated as three separate counties: the upper, middle and lower wards, until the [[Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889]].
==Local government==
In 1975 the [[county council]] was superseded by the [[Strathclyde]] [[Region (Scotland)|region]], which itself was superseded by [[Council areas of Scotland|unitary authorities]] in 1996. Lanarkshire is now covered by the council areas of [[North Lanarkshire]], [[South Lanarkshire]], the [[City of Glasgow]] and part of [[East Dunbartonshire]].
North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire have a joint board for valuation and electoral registration. There is also a joint health board, which does not cover [[Rutherglen]] and the surrounding area in South Lanarkshire. Without the northern portion of North Lanarkshire, this is also a [[Lieutenancy areas of Scotland|Lieutenancy area]].
==Geography==
==Rivers==
*[[North Medwin River]]
*[[South Medwin River]]
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