Scotland divided into 32 subdivisions, known as local authorities, or councils. Glasgow City is the largest subdivision in Scotland in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the Scottish Government to each subdivision. "Scotland" comes from "Scoti", the Latin name for the Gaels. Philip Freeman has speculated on the likelihood of a group of raiders adopting a name from an Indo-European root, *"skot", citing the parallel in Greek "skotos" (σκότος), meaning "darkness, gloom". The Late Latin word "Scotia" ("land
Scotland, South Dakota About 7.4% of families and 11.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.1% of those under age 18 and 14.0% of those age 65 or over. Scotland School District 4-3 operates the town's school. Scotland, South Dakota Scotland is a city in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 841. Scotland was laid out in 1879. Scottish immigrants named it for their native country of Scotland. Scotland is located at (43.149108, -97.718460). South Dakota Highway 25 runs north-south through the town. According to the United States Census Bureau,