Dundee

**Dundee** is a city on the east coast of Scotland where the River Tay flows into the North Sea. It is the fourth largest city in Scotland.  It was famous as the city of "Jute, jam, and journalism", because jute and jam were made there, and several newspapers were printed in the city.

Dundee has a population of 148,260 people. It is the fourth largest city in Scotland.

There are two universities in Dundee. They are called the _University of Dundee_ and the _University of Abertay Dundee_.

It also is home to two professional football teams. Dundee F.C. and Dundee United F.C., who both play in the Scottish Premier League. Unusually, their stadiums (Dens Park and Tannadice) are very close together, in the same street.

Dundee Airport serves the area.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: City of Dundee
- **settlement type**: City status in the United Kingdom, City and Subdivisions of Scotland#Council areas, council area
- **image skyline**: 442 dundee header.png
- **image caption**: _Top:_ Tay Rail Bridge, _Middle_: RRS Discovery, RRS _Discovery_ and City Centre, Dundee, City Centre, _Bottom left:_ West End, Dundee, Magdalen Yard Bandstand, _Bottom right:_ University of Dundee.
- **image flag**: Dundee City Flag.png
- **image seal**: City_of_Dundee_Coat_of_Arms.png
- **nickname**: "_The City of Discovery_"
- **pushpin map**: Scotland#Europe
- **pushpin label position**: right
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Scotland
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Sovereign state
- **subdivision type2**: Country
- **subdivision type3**: Subdivisions of Scotland, Council Area
- **subdivision type4**: Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, Lieutenancy Area
- **subdivision name3**: Dundee City
- **subdivision name4**: Dundee
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 11th century AD
- **established title1**: Burgh, Burgh Charter
- **established date1**: 1191
- **established title2**: City status in the United Kingdom, City Status
- **established date2**: 1889
- **governing body**: Politics of Dundee, Dundee City Council
- **leader title**: List of Lord Provosts of Dundee, Lord Provost
- **leader name**: Ian Borthwick
- **leader title1**: Leader of Dundee City Council
- **leader name1**: John Alexander (councillor)
- **total type**: Total
- **area total km2**: 60
- **elevation m**: 18
- **population total**: 148,270
- **population as of**: 2016
- **population density km2**: 2,478
- **population rank**: List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, 4th, Scotland
- **population blank1 title**: List of metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom, Metro
- **population blank1**: 237,000
- **population blank2 title**: Language(s)
- **population blank2**: Scottish English, English, Scots language, Scots
- **population demonym**: Dundonian
- **timezone1**: Greenwich Mean Time, GMT
- **utc offset1**: ±0
- **timezone1 dst**: British Summer Time, BST
- **utc offset1 dst**: +1
- **postal code type**: Postcodes in the United Kingdom, Postcode Areas
- **postal code**: DD postcode area, DD1-5
- **area code**: 01382
- **etymology**: Scottish Gaelic - __ (Tay Fort)
- **pushpin label**: Dundee
- **leader title2**: 5th Scottish Parliament, MSPs
- **leader title3**: List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 2015, MPs
- **blank name**: ISO 3166-2:GB, ISO 3166-2
- **blank info**: GB-DND
- **blank1 name**: ONS coding system, ONS Code
- **blank1 info**: S12000042
- **blank2 name**: Ordnance Survey National Grid, OS Grid Reference
- **blank3 name**: Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS 3
- **blank3 info**: UKM21
- **blank4 name**: Primary Airport
- **blank4 info**: Dundee Airport