Dundee
Dùn Dè (Scottish Gaelic) | |
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City and council area | |
Dundee City | |
Etymology: Scottish Gaelic – Dùn Dè (Tay Fort)[3] | |
Nickname: "The City of Discovery" | |
Coordinates: 56°27′38″N 2°58′12″W / 56.46056°N 2.97000°W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Scotland |
Council Area | Dundee City |
Lieutenancy Area | Dundee |
Founded | c. 11th century AD |
Burgh charter | 1191 |
City status | 26 January 1889 |
Government | |
• Body | Dundee City Council |
• Lord Provost | Bill Campbell |
• Leader of Dundee City Council | Mark Flynn |
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Area | |
• Locality | 18.0 sq mi (46.5 km2) |
• Urban | 19.4 sq mi (50.2 km2) |
• Council area[6] | 20 sq mi (60 km2) |
Elevation | 59 ft (18 m) |
Population | |
• Locality | 148,210 |
• Rank | 4th, Scotland |
• Density | 8,300/sq mi (3,200/km2) |
• Urban | 158,820 |
• Urban density | 8,200/sq mi (3,200/km2) |
• Metro (2020)[9] | 264,890 |
• Council area | 148,350 |
• Council area density | 6,430/sq mi (2,481/km2) |
• Language(s) | English Scots |
Demonym | Dundonian |
Time zone | UTC±0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
Postcode district | |
Area code | 01382 |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-DND |
ONS Code | S12000042 |
OS Grid Reference | NO4030 |
NUTS 3 | UKM21 |
Primary airport | Dundee Airport |
Website | www |
Dundee (/dʌnˈdiː/ ; Scots: Dundee; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Dè or Dùn Dèagh, pronounced [t̪un ˈtʲeː]) is the fourth-largest city in Scotland. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was 148,210, giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 (6,420/mi2), the second-highest in Scotland. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea.
Under the name of Dundee City,[10] it forms one of the 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Angus, the city developed into a burgh in the late 12th century and established itself as an important east coast trading port.[11] Rapid expansion was brought on by the Industrial Revolution, particularly in the 19th century when Dundee was the centre of the global jute industry.[12] This, along with its other major industries, gave Dundee its epithet as the city of "jute, jam and journalism".
With the decline of traditional industry, the city has adopted a plan to regenerate and reinvent itself as a cultural centre.[13] In pursuit of this, a £1 billion master plan to regenerate and to reconnect the Waterfront to the city centre started in 2001 and is expected to be completed within a 30-year period. The V&A Dundee – the first branch of the V&A to operate outside of London – is the main centrepiece of the waterfront project.[14][15] Today, Dundee is promoted as "One City, Many Discoveries" in honour of Dundee's history of scientific activities and of the RRS Discovery, Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic exploration vessel, which was built in Dundee and is now berthed at Discovery Point. Dundee is an international research and development hub in technology, medicine and life sciences, with technological industries having arrived since the 1980s.[16][17][18]
Dundee was named as a "City of the Future" by Cognizant in 2021, the only UK city to be featured.[19][20][21] Dundee has also been a leading city in electric vehicles, having one of the largest fleets of electric vehicles in the country. The city was named as the electric vehicle capital of Europe in 2018, and it has continuously been branded as the electric vehicle capital of Scotland and the United Kingdom.[22][23][24] In 2014, Dundee was recognised by the United Nations as the UK's first UNESCO City of Design for its diverse contributions to fields including medical research, comics and video games.[25][26][27] Since 2015, Dundee's international profile has risen. GQ magazine named Dundee the "Coolest Little City in Britain" in 2015 and The Wall Street Journal ranked Dundee at number 5 on its "Worldwide Hot Destinations" list for 2018.[28]
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