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Aberdeen: Area, History and Background

Riding are well acquainted with the United Kingdom, its cities and towns.

Below is some historic, cultural and background information about the area of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom.

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 210,400.
Nicknames include the Granite City, the Grey City and the Silver City with the Golden Sands.
During the mid-18th to mid-20th centuries, its buildings incorporated locally quarried grey granite, whose mica deposits sparkle like silver.
Aberdeen 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 it 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.
Its two universities, the University of Aberdeen, founded in 1495, and the Robert Gordon University, which was awarded university status in 1992, make it 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.
Aberdeen's seaport is the largest in the north-east of Scotland.
It has won the Britain in Bloom competition a record breaking ten times.
Aberdeen International Youth Festival, a major international event which attracts up to 1000 of the most talented young performing arts companies.

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