Glasgow
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City and council area | |
The River Clyde with the Glasgow Tower (right), Crowne Plaza (centre) and the OVO Hydro (background) The Govan Angel Glasgow Stock Exchange Building Shalom Globe at Bellahouston Park | |
 Flag of Glasgow City Council[1] | |
| Nicknames: "The Dear Green Place", "Baile Mòr nan Gàidheal"[2] | |
| Motto(s): Let Glasgow Flourish Lord, let Glasgow flourish by the preaching of the word | |
 Location of Glasgow | |
  Glasgow Location within Scotland  Glasgow Location within the United Kingdom  Glasgow Location within Europe | |
| Coordinates: 55°51′40″N 04°15′00″W / 55.86111°N 4.25000°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Scotland |
| Council Area | Glasgow City |
| Lieutenancy Area | Glasgow |
| Subdivisions | 23 Wards |
| Police | Police Scotland |
| Founded | Late-6th century |
| Burgh Charter | 1170s[4] |
| Government | |
| • Body | Glasgow City Council |
| • Lord Provost | Jacqueline McLaren (SNP) |
| • Council Leader | Susan Aitken (SNP) |
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| Area | |
| 68 sq mi (175 km2) | |
| • Urban | 142.3 sq mi (368.5 km2) |
| • Metro | 190 sq mi (492 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 622,820[3] | |
| • Rank | 1st in Scotland 3rd in United Kingdom |
| • Density | 9,210/sq mi (3,555/km2) |
| • Urban | 632,350 (Locality)[5] 1,028,220 (Settlement)[5] |
| • Metro | 1,861,315[6] |
| • Language(s) | English Scots Gaelic |
| Demonym | Glaswegian |
| GDP | |
| • Council area | £28.439 billion (2022) |
| • Per head | £45,041 (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
| Postcode areas | |
| Area code | 0141 |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-GLG |
| OS grid reference | NS590655 |
| International Airports | Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) |
| Main Railway Stations | Glasgow Central Glasgow Queen Street |
| Rapid transit |  Glasgow subway |
| Website | www |
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Glasgow (UK: /ˈɡlɑːzɡoʊ, ˈɡlæz-, ˈɡlɑːs-, ˈɡlæs-/ GLA(H)Z-goh, GLA(H)SS- ;[a] Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu [ˈkl̪ˠas̪əxu]) is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.[9] The city is the third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom[10] and the 27th-most-populous city in Europe.[11] In 2022, it had an estimated population as a defined locality of 632,350 and anchored an urban settlement of 1,028,220.
Glasgow grew from a small rural settlement close to Glasgow Cathedral and descending to the River Clyde to become the largest seaport in Scotland, and tenth largest by tonnage in Britain. Expanding from the medieval bishopric and episcopal burgh (subsequently royal burgh), and the later establishment of the University of Glasgow in the 15th century, it became a major centre of the Scottish Enlightenment in the 18th century. From the 18th century onwards, the city also grew as one of Britain's main hubs of oceanic trade with North America and the West Indies; soon followed by the Orient, India, and China. With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, the population and economy of Glasgow and the surrounding region expanded rapidly to become one of the world's pre-eminent centres of chemicals, textiles and engineering; most notably in the shipbuilding and marine engineering industry, which produced many innovative and famous vessels. Glasgow was the "Second City of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian and Edwardian eras.[12][13][14][15]
Glasgow became a county in 1893, the city having previously been in the historic county of Lanarkshire, and later growing to also include settlements that were once part of Renfrewshire and Dunbartonshire. It now forms the Glasgow City Council area, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and is administered by Glasgow City Council. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Glasgow's population grew rapidly, reaching a peak of 1,127,825 people in 1938 (with a higher density and within a smaller territory than in subsequent decades).[16] The population was greatly reduced following comprehensive urban renewal projects in the 1960s which resulted in large-scale relocation of people to designated new towns, such as Cumbernauld, Livingston, East Kilbride and peripheral suburbs, followed by successive boundary changes. Over 1,000,000 people live in the Greater Glasgow contiguous urban area, while the wider Glasgow City Region is home to over 1,800,000 people (its defined functional urban area total was almost the same in 2020),[17] equating to around 33% of Scotland's population;[5] The city has one of the highest densities of any locality in Scotland at 4,023/km2.
Glasgow's major cultural institutions enjoy international reputations including The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Burrell Collection, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Ballet and Scottish Opera. The city was the European Capital of Culture in 1990 and is notable for its architecture, culture, media, music scene, sports clubs and transport connections. It is the fifth-most-visited city in the United Kingdom.[18] The city is also well known in the sporting world for football, particularly for the Old Firm rivalry.
- ^ Bartram, Graham (2004). British Flags and Emblems. Flag Institute. p. 64.
All the cities, and most of the towns, in the UK have coats-of-arms, and many of them use banner of these arms on their civic buildings and on the official car of their Mayor, Provost, Lord Mayor or Lord Provost. As with armorial county flags they are technically for the sole use of the city or town's council, but in some cases they are used more widely. Many councils also use their logo as a basis for a flag.
- ^ Cameron, Lucinda (6 April 2010). "Plan launched to increase Gaelic use in Glasgow". Daily Record. Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ (Between 1175–78, exact date unknown) Lambert, Tim. "A brief history of Glasgow". localhistories.org. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ^ a b c "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex – functional urban areas". Eurostat. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Regional gross domestic product: all ITL regions". Office for National Statistics. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND :: glesca".
- ^ "Scottish Cities | Scotland.org". Scotland. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "United Kingdom - Largest cities". Statista. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Largest European cities 2020". Statista. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "Victorian Glasgow". BBC History. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ "About Glasgow: The Second City of the Empire – the 19th century". Glasgow City Council. Archived from the original on 2 April 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2007.
- ^ Fraser, W H. "Second City of The Empire: 1830s to 1914". University of Glasgow. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
- ^ McIlvanney, W. "Glasgow – city of reality". Scotland – the official online gateway. Archived from the original on 4 December 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
- ^ "Factsheet 4: Population" (PDF). Glasgow City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2007.
- ^ "Population by age and sex - Cities and FUAs". OECD Data Explorer. OECD.
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- ^ "Top 20 Most Popular Cities in the UK for International Visitors". Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
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