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Edinburgh Scots Gaelic: Dùn Èideann | |
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| Ceety o Edinburgh | |
Clockwise frae tap-left: Skyline of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Scott Monument, Holyrood Palace, Princes Street, The Scottish Parliament Building, Bute House, the Royal Mile | |
 Banner  Coat airms | |
| Eik-name(s): "Auld Reekie", "Athens o the North", "Edina", "Dunedin" | |
  Edinburgh Location within Scotland  Edinburgh Location within the Unitit Kinrick  Edinburgh Location within Europe | |
| Coordinates: 55°57′11″N 3°11′20″W / 55.953°N 3.189°WCoordinates: 55°57′11″N 3°11′20″W / 55.953°N 3.189°W | |
| Sovereign state |  Unitit Kinrick |
| Country |  Scotland |
| Council area | Ceety o Edinburgh |
| Lieutenancy area | Edinburgh |
| Admeen HQ | Edinburgh Ceety Centre |
| Founded | prior tae the 7t century |
| Burgh Charter | 1125 |
| City status | 1633 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Unitary authority, Ceety |
| • Governin body | The Ceety o Edinburgh Cooncil |
| • Lord Provost of Edinburgh | Frank Ross |
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| Area | |
| • Capital city and council area | 264 km2 (102 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 119 km2 (46 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 47 m (154 ft) |
| Population (mid-2016 est.) | |
| • Capital city and council area | 488,050 (ceety) 507,200 (Council area)[1] |
| • Density | 1828/km2 (4,730/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 512,150 |
| • Metro | 901,455[2] |
| • Language(s) | English Scots |
| Demonym(s) | Edinburgher[4][5] |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Postcode areas | |
| Area code(s) | 0131 |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-EDH |
| ONS code | S12000036 |
| OS grid reference | NT275735 |
| NUTS 3 | UKM25 |
| Primary Airport | Edinburgh Airport |
| GDP | $33 billion[6] |
| GDP per capita | $58,000[6] |
| Website | www |
| Offeecial name | Old and New Towns of Edinburgh |
| Criteria | Cultural: ii, iv |
| Reference | 728 |
| Inscription | 1995 (19t Session) |
| Offeecial name | The Forth Bridge |
| Criteria | Cultural: i, iv |
| Reference | 1485 |
| Inscription | 2015 (39t Session) |
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Edinburgh (Ulster Scots: Eedinburra, Scots Gaelic: Dùn Èideann; whiles cried Embra, Embro or Edinburrie an aw) is the caipital city o Scotland, an is the kintra's seicont mucklest city efter Glesga, that is 45 mile (72 km) tae the wast.[7] It is the seivent mucklest city in the Unitit Kinrick.[citation needit] Edinburgh is ane o Scotland's 32 local govrenment cooncil areas (see: City o Edinburgh) - this cooncil area includes urban Edinburgh an a 30 sq mile (78 sq km) landwaird area. In the census o 2011, thare wis 476,600 indwallers.[8]
Locatit in the sooth-east o Scotland, Edinburgh is on the east coast o Scotland's Central Belt, alang the Firth o Forth, nearby the North Sea. It haes muckle gaitherin o stane Medieval an Georgian airchitectur.
It haes been the caipital city syne aboot 1437 (replacin Pairth),[9] an is the hame o the Scots Pairlament. The city wis ane o the heidmaist centres o the Enlichtenment, led bi the Varsity o Edinburgh, an sic thinkers as Dauvit Hume, Adam Smith, James Hutton an mony ithers, giein it the byname The Athens o the North.[10] The Auld Toun an New Toun o Edinburgh wis leetit as a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid in 1995.[11] The city haes mair nor 4500 listit biggins.
- ↑ "Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2016". Office for National Statistics. 22 Juin 2017. Retrieved 27 Juin 2017.
- ↑ ""Metropolitan Area Populations"". 22 Februar 2020. Archived frae the original on 1 Mairch 2020. Retrieved 1 Mairch 2020.
- ↑ "Edinburgh, United Kingdom Forecast : Weather Underground (weather and elevation at Queensferry Road, Edinburgh)". The Weather Underground, Inc. Archived frae the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ↑ "Girl About Globe – A Scottish Gamble for Macau?". 9 Mey 2018. Archived frae the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 Januar 2019.
- ↑ Simpson, Andy (2013). Why Would Anyone Want to Swing a Cat? and 499 other questions. Constable & Robinson Ltd. p. 163. ISBN 9781849019477. Archived frae the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ↑ a b "Global city GDP 2014". Brookings Institution. Archived frae the original on 5 Juin 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ↑ "Edinburgh | Geography, History, & Points of Interest | Britannica". www.britannica.com (in Inglis). Retrieved 12 Mey 2022.
- ↑ "2011 Census Edinburgh: Population, age structure and household overview, initial findings from first release of Census data at local authority level". Mairch 2013. Retrieved 12 Mey 2022.
- ↑ "Pride restored to 'ancient capital' Perth". BBC News (in Inglis). 15 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 12 Mey 2022.
- ↑ "Athens Of The North". Edinburgh World Heritage. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 12 Mey 2022.
- ↑ "World Heritage City". Edinburgh World Heritage. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 12 Mey 2022.