Gouan

Gouan Scots Gaelic: Baile a' Ghobhainn Inglis: Govan
Govan Burgh Hall
Gouan Location within Scotland
OS grid reference	NS555655
• Edinburgh	45 mi (72 km) E
• Lunnon	346 mi (557 km) SSE
Cooncil area	Glesga City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glesga
Kintra	Scotland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	GLASGOW
Postcode destrict	G51
Diallin code	0141
Police	Scots
Fire	Scots
Ambulance	Scots
EU Pairlament	Scotland
UK Pairlament	Glesga South Wast
Scots Pairlament	Glesga Pollok
Leet o places UK Scotland 55°51′41″N 4°18′30″W / 55.8615°N 4.3083°W / 55.8615; -4.3083Coordinates: 55°51′41″N 4°18′30″W / 55.8615°N 4.3083°W / 55.8615; -4.3083

Gouan (/ˈɡʌvən/ GUV-ən;Inglis: Govan, Scots Gaelic: Baile a' Ghobhainn) is a destrict an umwhile burgh nou pairt o soothwast Glesga, Scotland. It is 2.5 mile (4.0 km) bewast Glesga ceety centre, on the sooth bank o the Clyde, fornent the mooth o the Kelvin an the destrict o Pairtick.

By a medieval legend's wey o it, Constantine, a 7t-centurie CE Keeng o Strathclyde, foondit a monastery unner the rule o Columbanus in Govan. In the Middle Ages, Govan wis the steid o a ferry that linkit the area wi Pairtick for seasonal cattle drovers. In the 1800s an 1900s, textile mills an coal minin wis important; in the early 1900s shipbiggin emerged as Govan's heid industrie. In 1864, Govan gained burgh status, an wis Scotland's fift lairgest burgh. It wis incorporatit intae the ciety o Glesgae in 1912.^[1] Houanivver, the fowk o Govan aften proclaims tae be Govanites first an Glesga fowk seicont an whan spiert "Are you frae Glesga?", replys wi "Naw, A cum fae Govan" yet.^[2]

1. ↑ Reevel Alderson (7 August 2012). "How Glasgow annexed Govan and Partick 100 years ago". BBC News. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
2. ↑ acumfaegovan Archived 2014-08-15 at the Wayback Machine Acumfaegovan.