Aiberdeen

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Aiberdeen (Inglis: Aberdeen; Scots Gaelic: Obar Dheathain) is Scotland's third maist muckle ceity, wi a population o 212,125. It is the chief toun an port in the north-aest o Scotland.

It haes the title o Ile Caipital o Europe thanks tae the muckle supplee of crude ile in the German Ocean, an is situate on a bey o the German Ocean, atween the mooths o the rivers Don and Dee. Forby thon Aiberdeen is ane o 32 unitary cooncil areas in Scotland, offeecially kent as the Ceety o Aiberdeen.

Table o contents 1 Coat o Airms an Motto 2 History 3 Backgrund 4 Airt an architecture 5 Kirks 6 Eddication 7 Cultur 8 Pairks an open spaces 9 Statues 10 Brigs 11 Herbour 12 Industry 13 Population 14 Sport 15 Transport 16 Twinned ceities warldwide 17 See an aw 18 Fremmit airtins

[edit] Coat o Airms an Motto

The Aiberdeen Coat o Airms conseests o twa leopards haudin a reid shield wi three smaw castles on it. There's a gowd croun abuin the shield.

The motto o Aiberdeen is "Bon Accord".

[edit] History

There's been fowk in Aiberdeen for 8,000 year. It begoud as twa burghs, Auld Aiberdeen an New Aiberdeen. The first chairter wis gien bi Keeng William the Lion in 1179.

[edit] Backgrund

[edit] Airt an architecture

[edit] Kirks

[edit] Eddication

[edit] Cultur

[edit] Pairks an open spaces

[edit] Statues

[edit] Brigs

There's a wheen brigs in Aiberdeen, the maist weel-kent bein the Brig o Dee an the Brig o Don. Forby thon, there's the George VI brig an ithers.

[edit] Herbour

[edit] Industry

[edit] Population

In 1396 the population wis aboot 3,000 fowk. By 1801 it haed growen tae 26,992. In 1841 it wis 63,262; in 1891 121,623; in 1901 153,503; in 2001 it wis 197,328.

[edit] Sport

Aiberdeen Fitbaw Club wis foondit in 1903. Its major success wis winnin the European Cup Winners Cup in 1983 an three League Chaimpionships atween 1980 an 1986, unner the current Manchester Unitit F.C. manager Alex Ferguson. The club's stadium is Pittodrie that hauds the honour o bein Breetain's first aw-seatit stadium. The clubs best result was a twa nil win against East Stirlingshire in 1975 , the match is down in history ahead of the 2-1 gubbing of Real Madrid in 1983

[edit] Transport

[edit] Twinned ceities warldwide

Aiberdeen is twinned wi several ceities athort Europe an ootthrou the lave o the warld. Thir includes:

• Regensburg, Germany
• Clermont-Ferrand, Fraunce
• Stavanger, Norway
• Gomel, Belarus
• Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

[edit] See an aw

• List o fowk fae Aiberdeen, Scotland
• List o Beeshops o Aiberdeen
• List o Provosts an Laird Provosts o Aiberdeen

[edit] Fremmit airtins

• Aiberdeen Ceety Cooncil
• Aiberdeen Dialect
• Aiberdeen Business Portal