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Aberdeen
Aiberdeen (Scots) Obar Dheathain (Scottish Gaelic) | |
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City and council area | |
Aberdeen Harbour Aberdeen Town House Marischal College His Majesty's Theatre Aberdeen Arts Centre | |
 Coat of arms  Flag of Aberdeen City Council[1] | |
| Nicknames: "Granite City", "The Silver City by Sea", "Oil Capital of Europe" | |
  Aberdeen Aberdeen locality within the Aberdeen City council area | |
  Aberdeen  Aberdeen  Aberdeen | |
| Coordinates: 57°09′N 2°07′W / 57.15°N 2.11°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Scotland |
| Council area | Aberdeen City |
| Lieutenancy area | Aberdeen |
| Earliest Charter | 1179 |
| City status | 1891 |
| Government | |
| • Governing body | Aberdeen City Council |
| • Lord Provost | David Cameron (SNP) |
| • MSPs | 3
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| • MPs | 3
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| Area [2] | |
| • Locality | 23.4 sq mi (60.7 km2) |
| • Urban (Settlement)[3] | 29.2 sq mi (75.6 km2) |
| • Council area[4] | 72 sq mi (186 km2) |
| Population (mid-2020 est.)[4](2022)[5] | |
| • Locality | 198,590 |
| • Density | 8,500/sq mi (3,300/km2) |
| • Urban (Settlement) | 220,690 |
| • Urban density | 7,600/sq mi (2,900/km2) |
| • Metro (2020)[6] | 489,840 |
| • Council area | 224,190 |
| • Council area density | 3,130/sq mi (1,208/km2) |
| • Language(s) | Scots (Doric) English |
| Demonym | Aberdonians |
| GVA [7] | |
| • Metro | £16.064 billion (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Postcode areas | AB10-AB13 (part), AB14, AB15, AB16, AB21-AB25 |
| Area code | 01224 |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-ABE |
| GSS code | S12000033 |
| OS grid reference | NJ925065 |
| NUTS 3 | UKM50 |
| Primary Airport | Aberdeen Airport |
| Website | aberdeencity |
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Aberdeen (/ˌæbərˈdiːn/ ⓘ; Scots: Aiberdeen [ˌeːbərˈdin] ⓘ; Scottish Gaelic: Obar Dheathain [ˈopəɾ ˈʝɛ.ɪɲ]; Latin: Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous Scottish city.
Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City[8]), and has a 2020[update] population estimate of 198,590 for the city,[4] making it the United Kingdom's 39th most populous built-up area, and 224,190 for the wider council area including outlying localities.[5] The city is 93 mi (150 km) northeast of Edinburgh and 398 mi (641 km) north of London, and is the northernmost major city in the United Kingdom. Aberdeen has a long, sandy coastline and features an oceanic climate, with cool summers and mild, rainy winters.[9]
During the mid-18th to mid-20th centuries, Aberdeen's buildings incorporated locally quarried grey granite, which may sparkle like silver because of its high mica content.[10] Since the discovery of North Sea oil in 1969, Aberdeen has been known as the offshore oil capital of Europe.[11] Based upon the discovery of prehistoric villages around the mouths of the rivers Dee and Don, the area around Aberdeen has been thought to have been settled for at least 6,000 years.[12]
Aberdeen received royal burgh status from David I of Scotland (1124–1153),[13] which transformed the city economically. The traditional industries of fishing, paper-making, shipbuilding, and textiles have been overtaken by the oil industry and Aberdeen's seaport. Aberdeen Heliport is one of the busiest commercial heliports in the world,[14] and the seaport is the largest in the north-east part of Scotland.[15] A university town, the city is known for the University of Aberdeen, founded in 1495 as the fifth oldest university in the English-speaking world and located in Old Aberdeen.
In 2012, HSBC named Aberdeen as a leading business hub and one of eight 'super cities' spearheading the UK's economy, marking it as the only city in Scotland so designated.[16] In 2018, Aberdeen was found to be the best city in the UK to start a business in a study released by card payment firm Paymentsense.[17][18]
- ^ Bartram, Graham (2004). British Flags and Emblems. Flag Institute. p. 64.
All the cities, and most of the towns, in the UK have coats-of-arms, and many of them use banner of these arms on their civic buildings and on the official car of their Mayor, Provost, Lord Mayor or Lord Provost. As with armorial county flags they are technically for the sole use of the city or town's council, but in some cases they are used more widely. Many councils also use their logo as a basis for a flag.
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- ^ a b "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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- ^ Shepherd, Mike (2015). Oil Strike North Sea: A first-hand history of North Sea oil. Luath Press.
- ^ "Welcome to Aberdeen". Aberdeen Accommodation Index. Archived from the original on 31 December 2006. Retrieved 19 February 2007.
- ^ "The old burghs of Aberdeen". Aberdeen Civic Society. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ "Flights delayed as climate protesters invade Aberdeen airport". The Daily Telegraph. 3 March 2009. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "Architecture of Aberdeen, Scotland". Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2007.
- ^ "Aberdeen named among 'Supercities' by HSBC". BBC News. 19 October 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ Keith Findlay (8 January 2018). "Why the Granite City is the best place to launch new business". The Press and Journal. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Lego-inspired concrete figures pop up across Aberdeen". BBC Newsround. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.