Cities
Traditionally cities were parts of larger counties. Edinburgh was in Midlothian, Aberdeen in Aberdeenshire, and Glasgow in Lanarkshire (although parts of greater Glasgow extended into other counties, e.g. Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire.
| County | County town | Alternative forms and Gaelic name | Area (acres) | Area (km²) | Population | Population Density (per km2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Glasgow | Glasgow | Glaschu, Glesca, Glasgie | 34,647 | 140.21 | 897,484 | 6,401.00 |
| City of Edinburgh | Edinburgh | Dun Eideann, Embra, Edina, Dunedin, Auld Reekie | 32,415 | 131.17 | 453,585 | 3,457.99 |
| City of Dundee | Dundee | Dun De | 12,229 | 49.48 | 182,204 | 3,682.33 |
| City of Aberdeen | Aberdeen | Obar Dheathain, Aiberdein | 16,715 | 67.64 | 182,071 | 2,691.77 |
Read more about this topic: List Of Counties Of Scotland 1890-1975
Famous quotes containing the word cities:
“Lord, how long?”
—Bible: Hebrew Isaiah, 6:11.
Asking how long will the chastisement of the people last. God replies, “Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, and the Lord have removed man far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.”
“How far men go for the material of their houses! The inhabitants of the most civilized cities, in all ages, send into far, primitive forests, beyond the bounds of their civilization, where the moose and bear and savage dwell, for their pine boards for ordinary use. And, on the other hand, the savage soon receives from cities iron arrow-points, hatchets, and guns, to point his savageness with.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The cities of the world are concentric, isomorphic, synchronic. Only one exists and you are always in the same one. It’s the effect of their permanent revolution, their intense circulation, their instantaneous magnetism.”
—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)