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Boundary of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, capital of Scotland

Official · ScotlandOfficial · City of Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the seat of Scotland, a country, and of City of Edinburgh, a council area.

Population
514,990
2016
Population
488050

About Edinburgh

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Best of Edinburgh

Six questions about Edinburgh that nothing published can answer as well as somebody who has been. Nobody has answered them here yet.

  • Where should someone eat?
  • What should they make sure they see?
  • Where do people actually shop?
  • Where does the evening go?
  • Where do you go to get out of the city?
  • What is worth the day, just outside?

Sources

  • wikidata
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