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Municipality:City of Edinburgh

City of Edinburgh
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The municipality City of Edinburgh in the region of Scotland
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Coat of arms of Edinburgh
CountryUnited Kingdom Flag of the United Kingdom.png
RegionScotland Flag of Scotland.png
Number of zones1105
Maximum PPH3071
Last updated2022-01-16


City of Edinburgh is a municipality in the region of Scotland in United Kingdom. The municipality has about 478,000 inhabitants and is located in the southeastern part of the region.

Edinburgh (Scots: Edinburgh; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921).

Flag of Edinburgh

LocationEdit

Edinburgh is located in the south east of Scotland, on the east coast of Scotland's 'Central Belt' (the densely populated lowlands of south central Scotland), on the south coast of Firth of Forth at North Sea and due to its hard location and with its huge collection of medieval and Georgian architecture with including several stone dwellings, it is one of the most dramatic cities in Europe.

The municipality borders West Lothian to the west, Midlothian to the south and East Lothian to the east.

Urban areasEdit

Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland and is the second largest city, after Glasgow. Edinburgh is 72 kilometers from Glasgow, 24 kilometers from Livingston and 160 kilometers from Carlisle and Aberdeen. The population amounts to just under half a million inhabitants.

Other towns are Balerno, Dalmeny, Ingliston, Kirkliston, Leith, Portobello, Ratho, South Queensferry and Straiton.

ZonesEdit

There are 1105 turf zones in the municipality of City of Edinburgh, one of which is counted as a world heritage site, 36 winner zones, one water zone, twelve train station zones, 22 monument zones, 40 holy zones, 63 bridge zones, two castle zones and seven ruin zones.

The most taken zone is HaymarketRail which is located at Haymarket railway station Edinburgh.

Year in parentheses indicates year of creation.

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Zontyp02.png Winner zonesEdit

Zontyp03.png Water zonesEdit

Zontyp04.png Train station zonesEdit

Zontyp06.png Monument zonesEdit

Zontyp07.png Holy zonesEdit

Zontyp09.png Bridge zonesEdit

Zontyp10.png Castle zonesEdit

Zontyp11.png Ruin zonesEdit

Other zonesEdit

Updated: 2022-01-16

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