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Edinburgh [a] is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills.
Scotland has eight cities. Edinburgh is the capital city and Glasgow is the most populous. Scottish towns were granted burghs or royal burgh status by Scottish kings, including by David I of Scotland and William the Lion.
Paisley is the fifth most populous locality in Scotland, and the largest town by population. Stirling has the smallest population of Scotland's cities. Kilmarnock is the 14th most populous locality in Scotland, and the largest in East Ayrshire. Edinburgh, the capital city, is the second largest locality and settlement by population.
Although Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, the largest city is Glasgow, which has just over 584,000 inhabitants. The Greater Glasgow conurbation, with a population of almost 1.2 million, is home to nearly a quarter of Scotland's population. [ 164 ]
Prior to the Acts of Union in 1707, London was the capital of England only; Edinburgh was the capital of the Kingdom of Scotland. The United Kingdom includes the subdivisions of England (capital London), Scotland (capital Edinburgh), Wales (capital Cardiff), Northern Ireland (capital Belfast). London (administration)
The 2001 census identified Glasgow as being the largest city in Scotland, with a total population of 629,501, while the Scottish capital, Edinburgh had a population of 448,624, in the same year. [38] Between 1991 and 2001, the populations of Edinburgh and Stirling grew by 2.9% and 6.5% respectively. [ 38 ]
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a city. capital of Scotland; Population of Edinburgh: 507,170; Area of Edinburgh: 264 km 2 (102 sq mi) Location of Edinburgh. Edinburgh is situated within the ...