Aberdeen
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Summary
Aberdeen is a city[1]. Aberdeen ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,777 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Award received: royal burgh[3], city status in the United Kingdom[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Aberdeen City[5]
- Country: United Kingdom[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: River Don[7], River Dee[8], Aberdeen Bay[9]
- Instance of: big city[10], human settlement[11]
- Twinned administrative body: Stavanger[12], Atyrau[13], Regensburg[14], Clermont-Ferrand[15], Bulawayo[16], Houston[17], Baku[18], Barranquilla[19]
- Postal code: AB10-AB13 (parte), AB15, AB16, AB22-AB25[20]
- Commons category: Aberdeen[21]
- Located in time zone: Greenwich Mean Time[22], UTC±00:00[23], UTC+01:00[24]
- Local dialing code: 1224[25]
- Inception: 1175[26]
- Official website: https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Aberdeen[28]
- Population: 163,891[29], 158,963[30], 167,258[31], 182,729[32], 185,390[33], 182,075[34], 199,770[35], 212,125[36], 202,370[37], 153,503[38], 121,623[39], 63,262[40], 26,992[41], 200,680[42]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[43], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[44], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[45], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[46], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[47], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[48], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[49], Great dictionary of geographical names[50], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[51], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[52], The New Student's Reference Work[53], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[54]
- Capital of: Aberdeen City[55]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Aberdeen include Aberdeen Airport[56], an international airport[57], in United Kingdom[58]; Aberdeen railway station[59], a railway station[60], in United Kingdom[61]; Aberdeen[62], a city in the United States[63], in United States[64]; Aberdeen City[65], a council area[66], in United Kingdom[67], founded in 1975[68]; and Aberdeen People's Journal[69], a newspaper[70].
Why It Matters
Aberdeen has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[71] Aberdeen is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[72]
Entities named for Aberdeen include Aberdeen Airport[56], an international airport[57], in United Kingdom[58]; Aberdeen railway station[59], a railway station[60], in United Kingdom[61]; Aberdeen[62], a city in the United States[63], in United States[64]; Aberdeen City[65], a council area[66], in United Kingdom[67], founded in 1975[68]; and Aberdeen People's Journal[69], a newspaper[70].
FAQs
What awards did Aberdeen receive?
Honors received include royal burgh[3] and city status in the United Kingdom[4].