Blantyre (South Lanarkshire)
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Blantyre Scottish Gaelic Baile an t-Saoir |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 48 ′ N , 4 ° 6 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 17,240 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | GLASGOW | ||
| ZIP code section | G72 | ||
| prefix | 01698 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | South Lanarkshire | ||
| British Parliament | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Rutherglen | ||
Blantyre in Scotland is a town in the county of South Lanarkshire 15 km southeast of Glasgow with a population of around 17,500.
The Scottish missionary and Africa explorer David Livingstone was born in Blantyre ; The city of the same name in Malawi owes its name to this fact .
Brian Connolly, the lead singer of the British glam rock band The Sweet , who was popular in the 1970s , was also born here. The first US Secretary of Labor , William B. Wilson , and Salvation Army General John Gowans also come from Blantyre .
On October 22, 1877, 215 people died in the Blantyre coal mine.
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