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Aberdeen has a higher proportion of students of 11.5%, higher than the national average of 7%. [135] The University of Aberdeen began as King's College, Aberdeen, which was founded in 1495 [134] by William Elphinstone (1431–1514), Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland.
Aberdeen Market Cross Aberdeen around 1900. There has been a human presence in the area of Aberdeen since the Stone Age.Aberdeen as a city, grew up as two separate burghs: Old Aberdeen, the university and cathedral settlement, at the mouth of the River Don; and New Aberdeen, a fishing and trading settlement where the Denburn entered the Dee estuary.
Map of places in Aberdeen compiled from this list See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties. This List of places in Aberdeen is a list of links for any town, village, hamlet, castle, golf course, historic house, nature reserve, reservoir, river, and other place of interest in the Aberdeen City council area of Scotland
The population density of Aberdeen is 2,819 persons per square mile (1,088 persons/km 2). [7] Data from the Aberdeen specific locality of the 2001 UK census shows that the demographics include a median male age of 35 and female age of 38 which are younger than Scotland's average and a 49% to 51% male to female ratio. [5]
Aberdeenshire's economy is closely linked to Aberdeen City's (GDP £7,906M), and in 2011, the region as a whole was calculated to contribute 16.8% of Scotland's GDP. Between 2012 and 2014, the combined Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen City economic forecast GDP growth rate is 8.6%, the highest growth rate of any local council area in the UK and above ...
Aberdeen Beach and Queens Links is located in Aberdeen, Scotland. The beach itself is famous for its golden sand and its long curved length between Aberdeen Harbour and the River Don's mouth. The beach suffers from significant erosion of the sand so there are distinctive groyne or walls, to help keep the sand in place. The beach is popular with ...
Aberdeen City Council is the local authority for Aberdeen City, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. In its modern form it was created in 1996. In its modern form it was created in 1996. Aberdeen was formerly governed by a corporation from when it was made a burgh in the twelfth century until 1975.
The city of Aberdeen, Scotland, contains a number of areas and suburbs, some of which are historically separate settlements that have been absorbed by the expanding city. Airyhall Altens