Cities

Edinburgh

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Edinburgh." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/edinburgh.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Edinburgh. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/edinburgh

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-edinburgh,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Edinburgh},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/edinburgh},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. It is located in southeast Scotland, bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. It had a population of 506,520 in 2020, making it the second-most-populous city in Scotland after Glasgow and the seventh-most-populous in the United Kingdom.

Facts

Population

530,680 1

Area (sq km)

263 1

Population Estimate Year

2024 1

Latitude

55.95333 degrees north 1

Longitude

3.18917 degrees west 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

United Kingdom

Source Edinburgh (Wikipedia)

In the Other Atlases

Also in Education Atlas: University of Edinburgh, part of this there.

Sources

1. Edinburgh (Wikipedia)

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Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. It is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills.

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