Midlowden (Inglis: Midlothian, Scots Gaelic: Meadhan Lodainn) is ane o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland, an a lieutenancie area anaw. It haes mairches wi East Lowden, Ceitie o Edinburgh an The Mairches cooncil areas.

  • Midlowden
  • Midlothian
  • Meadhan Lodainn
Coordinates: 55°53′39″N 3°04′07″W / 55.89417°N 3.06861°W / 55.89417; -3.06861Coordinates: 55°53′39″N 3°04′07″W / 55.89417°N 3.06861°W / 55.89417; -3.06861
Admin HQDawkeith
Govrenment
 • BodiMidlowden Cooncil
 • ControlLabour minority (cooncil NOC)
 • MPs
 • MSPs
Area
 • Total353.7 km2 (136.6 sq mi)
Area rankRanked 21st
Population
 (mid-2016 est.)
 • Total88,600
 • RankRankit 26th
 • Density250/km2 (600/sq mi)
ONS codeS12000019
ISO 3166 codeGB-MLN
Websitewww.midlothian.gov.uk

The Midlowden cooncil area wis shapit in 1996, unner the Local Govrenment etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, wi the boonds o the Midlowden destrik o the Lowden region. The destrik haed been shapit in 1975, unner the Local Govrenment (Scotland) Act 1973.

The cooncil area's heidsteid is the toun o Dalkeith.

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Cooncil areas o Scotland
 

Ceity o Aiberdeen | Aiberdeenshire | Angus | Argyll an Bute | Clackmannanshire | Dumfries an Gallowa | Ceetie o Dundee | East Ayrshire | East Dunbartonshire | East Lowden | East Renfrewshire | Edinburgh | Fawkirk | Fife | Ceetie o Glesga | Hieland | Inverclyde | The Mairches | Midlowden | Moray | North Ayrshire | North Lanrikshire | Orkney | Perth an Kinross | Renfrewshire | Shetland | Sooth Ayrshire | Sooth Lanrikshire | Stirlin | Wast Dunbartonshire | Wast Lowden | The Waster Isles