Aberdeen, Silver City with the Golden Sands

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Aberdeenshire

Scotland

Unitedkingdom

Scottish and English

August To October

01224

Aberdeen is well regarded for the agricultural and soil research that takes place at The Macaulay Institute, which has close links to the city''s two universities.

Connected to all the msjor cities of Unitedkingdom.

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The city extends to 71.22 square miles (184.46 km²), and includes the former burghs of Old Aberdeen, New Aberdeen, Woodside and the Royal Burgh of Torry to the south of River Dee. This gives the city a population density of 2,819 per square mile (1,089 per km²).[4] The city is built on many hills, with the original beginnings of the city growing from Castle Hill, St. Catherine''s Hill and Windmill Hill.

The mean temperature is 8 °C (47 °F) and it varies between an average low of 5 °C (41 °F) and 11 °C (52 °F). In summer (June - August) the average high is 16 °C (63 °F) and average low 9 °C (49 °F). In winter (December - February) the average high is 6 °C (43 °F) and average low 0 °C (33 °F).

Aberdeen is Scotland''s third most populous city and one of Scotland''s 32 local government council areas. It has an official population estimate of 202,370.Nicknames include the Granite City and the Silver City with the Golden Sands. During the mid-18th to mid-20th centuries, Aberdeen''s buildings incorporated locally quarried grey granite, whose mica deposits sparkle like silver.The city has a long, sandy coastline. Since the discovery of North Sea oil in the 1970s, other nicknames have been the Oil Capital of Europe or the Energy Capital of Europe.The area around Aberdeen has been settled for at least 8000 years,when prehistoric villages lay around the mouths of the rivers Dee and Don.In 1319, Aberdeen received Royal Burgh status from Robert the Bruce, transforming the city economically. The city''s two universities, the University of Aberdeen, founded in 1495, and the Robert Gordon University, which was awarded university status in 1992, make Aberdeen the educational centre of the north-east. The traditional industries of fishing, paper-making, shipbuilding, and textiles have been overtaken by the oil industry and Aberdeen''s seaport. Aberdeen Heliport is one of the busiest commercial heliports in the world and the seaport is the largest in the north-east of Scotland.