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  1. Region of Scotland. area 8,600 sq km/3,320 sq
  2. mi towns Aberdeen (administrative
  3. headquarters) features part of the Grampian
  4. Mountains (the Cairngorms); valley of the
  5. river Spey, with its whiskey distilleries;
  6. Balmoral Castle (royal residence on the river
  7. Dee near Braemar, bought by Prince Albert
  8. 1852, and rebuilt in Scottish baronial
  9. style); Braemar Highland Games in Aug
  10. products beef cattle (Aberdeen Angus and Beef
  11. Shorthorn), fishing, North Sea oil service
  12. industries, tourism (winter skiing)
  13. population (1987) 503,000
  14.