Municipality:City of Edinburgh

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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 zones1104
Maximum PPH3068
Last updated2022-01-12


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

Location

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 areas

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.

Zones

There are 1104 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, 38 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 zones

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Other zones

Updated: 2022-01-12

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