Edinburgh
caipital ceety o’ Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Edinburgh Scots Gaelic: Dùn Èideann | |
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Capital city and council area | |
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 | |
Eik-name(s): "Auld Reekie", "Athens o the North", "Edina", "Dunedin" | |
Coordinates: 55.953°N 3.189°W / 55.953; -3.189 | |
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 |
• MSPs | 6
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• MPs | 5
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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)[2] |
• Density | 1828/km2 (4,730/sq mi) |
• Urban | 512,150 |
• Metro | 901,455[3] |
• Language(s) | English Scots |
Demonym(s) | Edinburgher[4][5] |
Time zone | UTC±0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
Postcode areas | EH1-17, EH28-30 |
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) |
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.