Edinburgh

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Edinburgh

Total population

488,050

Coordinates55.95°, -3.19°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. It is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh had a population of 506,520 in 2020, making it the second-most-populous city in Scotland and the seventh-most-populous in the United Kingdom. The wider metropolitan area had a population of 912,490 in the same year.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.