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Aberdeen

Northern Europe

Aberdeen is a port city in North East Scotland and the third most populous city in Scotland. It was historically within the county of Aberdeenshire but is now a separate council area. Its population was 198,590 in 2020 for the main urban area and 220,690 for the wider settlement, making it the United Kingdom's 39th most populous built-up area.

Facts
Population
198,590 1
The main-urban-area figure was used, not the wider-settlement figure the same sentence also gives.
Area (sq km)
186 1
Founding Year
1175 2
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Latitude
57.15 degrees north 1
Longitude
2.11 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 3
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Great North of Scotland Railway

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Source Wikipedia: Great North of Scotland Railwaytier 2
Sources
1. Aberdeen (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • lead section, main urban area figure
    Aberdeen has a population of 198,590 (2020) for the main urban area and 220,690 (2020) for the wider settlement including outlying localities, making it the United Kingdom's 39th most populous built-up area.
  • Geography section
    The city extends to 186 km2 (72 sq mi), and includes the former burghs of Old Aberdeen, New Aberdeen, Woodside and the Torry area to the south of River Dee.
  • article header coordinates
    Coordinates: 57°09′N 2°07′W
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Aberdeen (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
Quote, P571 (inception)
inception 1175
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3. GeoNames: Aberdeen - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2657832
    57.14369 -2.09814 P PPLA2 GB SCT T5 198590 13 Europe/London
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 13 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 57.25, -2.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 57.25, -2.25
57.25 -2.25 Cfb
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Wikidata: Aberdeen
Wikidata Q36405, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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