Aiberdeen
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Aiberdeen (Inglis: Aberdeen; Scots Gaelic: Obar Dheathain) is Scotland's third maist muckle ceety, wi a population o 212,125. It is the chief toun an port i 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 (or North Sea), an is situate on a bey on the coast 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.
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[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 i Aiberdeen for aroond 8,000 year. It begoud as twa burghs, Auld Aiberdeen an New Aiberdeen. The first chairter wis gien bi Keeng William the Lion i 1179.
[edit] Backgrund
[edit] Airt an architecture
[edit] Kirks
[edit] Eddication
[edit] Cultur
The Doric - The dialect that the fowk o north-east Scotland spik. Nae quite anither leid but whiles deefficult tae understand nanetheless. It doesnae hae its ain standard wye o bein written, sae ye micht find people, like here on wikipedia, writin wards lik they dinna soond like fin its been spoken.
The food - butteries (butter rolls), stovies (mince, tatties, carrots, ingins), buckies, aiberdeen angus beef etc. Mair tae follow as this page gets mair built.
[edit] Pairks an open spaces
Aiberdeen haes mony grand places tae chill oot or tak kids oot an stuff.
Duthie Park Hazleheid Park Seaton Park Johnstane Gairdens Victoria Park Westburn Park
[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
Has served the ile industry, since the siventies, previously bein a major fishin port.
[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:
[edit] See an aw
- List o fowk fae Aiberdeen, Scotland
- List o Beeshops o Aiberdeen
- List o Provosts an Laird Provosts o Aiberdeen
