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Aberdeen
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Clockwise from top-left: Marischal College, West Tower of the new Town House on Union Street, cityscape view from Tollohill Woods, Old Aberdeen High Street, Aberdeen Beach
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| Nickname(s): "Granite City", "Grey City", "Silver City with the Golden Sands" | |||
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Aberdeen
Aberdeen
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| Coordinates: 57°09′09″N 2°06′36″W / 57.1526°N 2.1100°WCoordinates: 57°09′09″N 2°06′36″W / 57.1526°N 2.1100°W | |||
| Sovereign state |
 United Kingdom
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 Scotland
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| Council area | Aberdeen City | ||
| Lieutenancy area | Aberdeen | ||
| Earliest Charter | 1179 | ||
| City status | 1891 | ||
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| • Governing body | Aberdeen City Council | ||
| • Lord Provost | Barney Crockett | ||
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| Area | |||
| • City and council area | 56.1 km2 (21.7 sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 185.7 km2 (71.7 sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 6,499 km2 (2,509 sq mi) | ||
| Population (mid-2016 est.) | |||
| • City and council area | 196,670 – City proper | ||
| • Density | 3,505.7/km2 (9,080/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 229,800 – Council area | ||
| • Metro | 492,400 – City region | ||
| • Language(s) | Scots (Doric), English | ||
| Demonym(s) | Aberdonians | ||
| Time zone | GMT (UTC±0) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) | ||
| Postcode areas | AB10-AB13 (part), AB15, AB16, AB21-AB25 | ||
| Area code(s) | 01224 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-ABE | ||
| ONS code | S12000033 | ||
| OS grid reference | NJ925065 | ||
| NUTS 3 | UKM50 | ||
| Primary Airport | Aberdeen Airport | ||
| Website | www |
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Aberdeen (/æbərˈdiːn/; Scots: Aiberdeen, 
listen ; Scottish Gaelic: Obar Dheathain [ˈopər ˈʝɛ.ɛɲ]; Latin: Aberdonia) is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 37th most populous built-up area, with an official population estimate of 196,670 for the city of Aberdeen and 229,800 for the local authority area.
Nicknames include the Granite City, the Grey 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, which can sparkle like silver because of its high mica content. Since the discovery of North Sea oil in the 1970s, other nicknames have been the Oil Capital of the World or the Energy Capital of the World. The area around Aberdeen has been settled since at least 8,000 years ago, when prehistoric villages lay around the mouths of the rivers Dee and Don. The city has a long, sandy coastline and a marine climate, the latter resulting in chilly summers and mild winters.
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