City of Edinburgh | |
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City | |
Nickname(s): "Auld Reekie", "Edina", "Athens of the North" | |
Coordinates: 55°57′11″N 3°11′20″W / 55.95306°N 3.18889°W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Scotland |
Council area | City of Edinburgh |
Lieutenancy area | Edinburgh |
Founded | Prior to 7th century AD |
Burgh Charter | 1125 |
City status | 1889 |
Government | |
• Governing body | City of Edinburgh Council |
• Lord Provost | Donald Wilson |
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Area | |
• City | 264 km2 (102 sq mi) |
Elevation | 47 m (154 ft) |
Population (2013) | |
• City | 487,500[1] |
• Density | 1,828/km2 (4,730/sq mi) |
• Metro | 782,000[2] |
• Language(s) | Scots English |
Time zone | UTC±0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
Postcode areas | |
Area code | 0131 |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-EDH |
ONS code | 00QP |
OS grid reference | NT275735 |
NUTS 3 | UKM25 |
GDP | US$ 32.5 billion [4] |
GDP per capita | US$ 58,437[4] |
Website | www |
- ^ "Mid-2013 Population Estimates Scotland". gro-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ^ "British urban pattern: population data" (PDF). epson.eu. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Edinburgh, United Kingdom Forecast : Weather Underground (weather and elevation at Queensferry Road, Edinburgh)". The Weather Underground, Inc. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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(help) - ^ a b "Global city GDP 2014". Brookings Institution. Retrieved 18 November 2014.