Aiberdeen
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Aiberdeen
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Ceety and council area | |
 Fae left tae richt: Marischal College, Wast Tower o the new Toun Hoose on Union Street, River Dee view fae Tollohill Wids, Auld Aiberdeen Heich Street, Aiberdeen Beach | |
 Banner  Coat airms | |
| Eik-name(s): "Granite Ceety", "Grey Ceety", "Siller Ceety", and "Siller Ceety wi the Gowden Sands" | |
 Location within Scotland | |
| Coordinates: 57°09′N 2°07′W / 57.15°N 2.11°WCoordinates: 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 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Governing body | Aberdeen City Council |
| • Lord Provost | Barney Crockett |
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| Area | |
| • Ceety and council area | 185.7 km2 (71.7 sq mi) |
| Population (mid-2016 est.) | 196,670[3] |
| • Density | 3505.7/km2 (9,080/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 214,610[2] |
| • Metro | 239,530[1] |
| • Leid(s) | Scots (Doric) Inglis |
| Demonym(s) | Aberdonians |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Postcode areas | |
| Area code(s) | 01224 |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-ABE |
| ONS code | S12000033 |
| OS grid reference | NJ925065 |
| NUTS 3 | UKM50 |
| Primary Airport | Aberdeen Airport |
| Website | www |
Aiberdeen (Inglis: Aberdeen; Scots Gaelic: Obar Dheathain) is Scotland's third burgh, wi fowk nummerin 212,125. It is eh main toon an port o the North-East o Scotland.
It his the teename o The Oil Capital Of Europe thanks til the muckle supply o crude ayl in the North Sea. It sits oan the coast o the North Sea, atween the mous o the Don an the Dee. Aiberdeen is een o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland, offeecially kent as the City of Aberdeen.
Coat o Airms an Motto[eedit | eedit soorce]
The Aiberdeen Coat o Airms is makkit up wi twa leopards haudin a reid shield wi three wee castles oan it.
The motto o Aiberdeen is "Bon Accord".
History[eedit | eedit soorce]
The Aberdeen area his seen humans bidin for mair than 8,000 year.[4] The burgh stertit as twa separate touns: Auld Aiberdeen at the mooth o the river Don; an New Aiberdeen, a fishin toun, far the Denburn watterway entered the Dee estuary. The earliest charter wis grantit by William the Lion in 1179 an confirmed the corporate richts grantit by David I. In 1319, The Great Chairter o Robert the Bruce transformit Aiberdeen intae a financially independent toun. Grantit wi it wis the nearby Forest o Stocket, fas income formed the basis for the burghs Common Guid Fund fit still benefits Aiberdonians.[5][6] I the Wars o Scots Independence, Aiberdeen wis under Inglis rule, sae Robert the Bruce laid siege tae Aiberdeen Castle afore destroyin it in 1308, follaed bi the massacrin o the Inglis garrison. The burgh wis burnt bi Edward III o Ingland in 1336, but wis rebiggit an extendit. The burgh wis strangly fortified tae stoap attacks bi nearby lairds, but the yetts were removit bi 1770.
I the Wars o the Three Kinricks o 1644–1647 the burgh wis plunderit bi baith sides. In 1644, it wis taen an destroyit bi Royalist troops efter the Battle o Aiberdeen[7] an twa year later it wis stormit bi a Royalist force unner the command o the Marquis o Huntly.[8] In 1647 an ootbreak o bubonic plague killit a quarter o the population. I the 18th century, a new Toun Hoose wis biggit an the first social services appearit wi the Infirmary at Woolmanhill in 1742 an the Lunatic Asylum in 1779. The cooncil began major road improvements at the end o the 18t century wi the main throogings o George Street, King Street an Union Street aw completit at the stert o the 19t century.
The expensive infrastructur warks led tae the burgh acomin bankrupt in 1817 in the Post-Napoleonic depression, an economic dounturn immediately efter the Napoleonic Wars; but the ceety's prosperity later recoverit. The increasin economic importance o Aiberdeen an the development o the shipbiggin an fishin industries led tae the biggin o the present haven includin Victoria Dock an the Sooth Brakwatter, an the extension o the North Pier. Gas street lichts cam in 1824, an enhanced watter supply cam in 1830 fan watter wis pumpit frae the Dee tae a reservoir in Union Place. An unnergrund sewer system replacit apen sewers in 1865.[6] The burgh wis incorporatit in 1891. Although Auld Aiberdeen haes a separate history an still his its auld chairter, it isna offeecially independent noo. It is an integral pairt o the burgh, as is Woodside an the Royal Burgh o Torry tae the sooth o the River Dee.
Backgroond[eedit | eedit soorce]
Kirks[eedit | eedit soorce]
St Machar Cathedral is a Presbyterian Kirk in Aiberdeen.
Education[eedit | eedit soorce]
Aberdeen haes twa varsities, the auncient Varsity o Aiberdeen, an Robert Gordon Varsity, a modren varsity eften referred tae as RGU. Aberdeen's student rate o 11.5% is heicher nor the naitional average o 7%.[9]
Cultur[eedit | eedit soorce]
The fuid - butteries (butter rolls), stovies (mince, tatties, mirrans, ingins), buckies, Aiberdeen Angus beef etc.
Pairks an open spaces[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Duthie Pairk
- Hazleheid Pairk
- Seaton Pairk
- Johnstane Gairdens
- Victoria Pairk
- Wastburn Pairk
Statues[eedit | eedit soorce]
William Wallace
Robert Burns
King Edward VII
Brigs[eedit | eedit soorce]
Aiberdeen his many brigs, the maist weel-kent is the Brig o Dee an the Brig o Don.
Haven[eedit | eedit soorce]
Aiberdeen Haven haes served the ile industry asweel as the fishin industry
Industry[eedit | eedit soorce]
Population[eedit | eedit soorce]
In 1396 the population wis aboot 3,000 fowk. By 1801 it hid grown tae 26,992. In 1841 it wis 63,262; in 1891 121,623; in 1901 153,503; in 2001 it wis 197,328.
Suburbs & Areas[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Fittie - Fit o the dee
- Dyce - North
- Torry - Sooth
- Garthdee
- Kincorth
- Pittodrie
- Ruthrieston
- Rubislaw
- Donside Village
- Brig o Don
- Stoneywood
- Bucksburn
- Cove
- Bieldside
- Cults
Sport[eedit | eedit soorce]
Aiberdeen Fitbaw Club wis foondit in 1903. Its major success wis winnin the European Cup Winners Cup in 1983 an three league Championships atween 1980 an 1986, unner the management o Alex Ferguson, also former Manchester United F.C. manager. The club's stadium is Pittodrie at hauds the honour o bein Breetain's first aw-seatit stadium an first wi a dugoot.
Transport[eedit | eedit soorce]
Twin ceities[eedit | eedit soorce]
Aiberdeen is twinn'd wi several burghs athort Europe an aa roond the world. This includes:
See anaw[eedit | eedit soorce]
- List o fowk fae Aiberdeen, Scotland
- List o Bishops o Aiberdeen
- List o Provosts an Laird Provosts o Aiberdeen
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "UNITED KINGDOM: Agglomerations". citypopulation.de. Archived frae the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ↑ "UNITED KINGDOM: Countries and Major Urban Areas". citypopulation.de. Archived frae the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ↑ "Mid-2012 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". Government of the United Kingdom. 31 Mey 2013. Archived frae the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ↑ "Welcome to Aberdeen". Aberdeen Accommodation Index. Archived frae the original on 31 December 2006. Retrieved 19 Februar 2007.
- ↑ Keith, Alexander (1987). A Thousand Years of Aberdeen. Aberdeen University Press.
- ↑ a b Fraser, W. Hamish (2000). Aberdeen, 1800 to 2000: A New History. Edinburgh: Tuckwell Press.
- ↑ Brown, Chris (2002). The Battle of Aberdeen 1644. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Tempus Publishing.
- ↑
Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1890). . In Leslie Stephen an Sidney Lee (ed.). Dictionary o Naitional Biography. 22. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 190–194.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- ↑ "Comparative Education Profile: Aberdeen City Council Area, Scotland". Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2007. Unknown parameter
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Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1890). Fremmit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
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