Aiberdeen

**Aiberdeen** (Inglis: *Aberdeen*; Scots Gaelic: *Obar Dheathain*) is the third burgh o Scotland, wi fowk nummerin 212,125.  It is the main toon an port o the Nor-East o Scotland.

It haes the byname o 'The *Oil Capital Of [[Europe]]*' thanks ti the muckle supply o crude ayl in the North Sea.  It sits on the coast o the North Sea, atween the mous o the Don an the Dee.  Aiberdeen is een o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland an is offeicially kent as '*The City of Aberdeen*'.

## Coat o Airms an Motto

The Aiberdeen Coat o Airms is makkit up wi twa leopards haudin a reid shield wi three wee castles on it.

The motto o Aiberdeen is 'Bon Accord'.

## History
Aiberdeen his seen humans bidin fur mair than 8,000 year. The burgh stairtit as twa separate toons: Auld Aiberdeen at the mou o the river Don; an New Aiberdeen, a fishin ton, faar the Denburn watterway entered the Dee estuary. The aerliest charter wis grantit by William the Lion in 1179 an confirmed the corporate richts grantit by David I. In 1319, the Great Chairter o Robert the Bruce turnt Aiberdeen ti a financially independent toon. Grantit wi it wis the nearby Forest o Stocket, fas income formed the basis for the burgh's Common Guid Fund fit still benefits Aiberdonians.
In the Wars o Scots Independence, Aiberdeen wis under Inglis rule, sae Robert the Bruce laid siege tae Aiberdeen Castle afore destroyin it in 1308, follaed by the massacrin o the Inglis garrison. The burgh wis burnt by Edward III o Ingland in 1336, bit wis rebiggit an extendit. The burgh wis strangly fortified ti stop attacks by nearby lairds, bit the fortifications wis remuived by 1770.

In The Wars o the Three Kinricks o 1644–1647 the burgh wis plunderit by baith sides. In 1644, it wis taen an destroyit by Royalist troops aifter the Battle o Aiberdeen an twa year later it wis stormit by a Royalist force unner the command o the Marquis o Huntly. In 1647 an ootbreak o bubonic plague killit a quarter o the population.  In the 18th yeirhunner, a new Toon Hoose wis biggit an the first social services appearit wi the Infirmary at Woolmanhill in 1742 an the Lunatic Asylum in 1779.  The cooncil began major road impruivements at the end o the 18th yeirhunner wi the main strachts o George Street, King Street an Union Street, aa completit at the stairt o the 19th yeirhunner.

The expensive infrastructure works led ti the burgh becomin bankrupt in 1817 in the Post-Napoleonic depression, an economic doonturn immediately aifter the Napoleonic Wars; bit the burgh's prosperity later recoverit. The increasin economic importance o Aiberdeen an the development o the shipbiggin an fishin industries led ti the biggin o the present haven includin Victoria Dock an the Sooth Brakwatter, an the extension o the North Pier. Gas street lichts cam in 1824, an enhanced watter supply came in 1830 fan watter wis pumpit frae the Dee ti a reservoir in Union Place.  An unnergrund sewer system replacit apen sewers in 1865. The burgh wis incorporatit in 1891.  Though Auld Aiberdeen haes a separate history an still haes its auld chairter, it isna officially independent noo. It is an integral pairt o the burgh, as is Woodside an the Royal Burgh o Torry ti the sooth o the River Dee.

## Backgroond

## Kirks

St Machar Cathedral is a Presbyterian Kirk in Aiberdeen.

## Education
Aiberdeen haes twa universities, the ancient *[[Varsity o Aiberdeen|University Aiberdeen]]*, an *[[Robert Gordon Varsity|Robert Gordon University]]*, a modren university often referred tae as RGU. Aiberdeen's student rate o 11.5% is heicher nor the naitional average o 7%.

## Culture
The scran and pieces - butteries (butter rolls), stovies (mince, tatties, mirrans, ingins), buckies, Aiberdeen Angus beef etc.

## Pairks an open spaces
*Duthie Pairk
*Hazleheid Pairk
*Seaton Pairk
*Johnsteen Gairdens
*Victoria Pairk
*Wastburn Pairk

## Statues

File:William Wallace Statue , Aberdeen.jpg|William Wallace
File:Robert Burns Statue Aberdeen.jpg|Robert Burns
File:Edward VII Statue, Aberdeen. - geograph.org.uk - 115907.jpg|King Edward VII


## Brigs
Aiberdeen his many brigs, the maist weel-kent is the Brig o Dee an the Brig o Don.

## Haven

Aiberdeen Haven serves the ayl industry as weel as the fishin industry

## Industry

## Population
In 1396 the population wis aboot 3,000 fowk. By 1801 it haed grawn ti 26,992. In 1841 it wis 63,262; in 1891 121,623; in 1901 153,503; in 2001 it wis 197,328.

## Suburbs & Areas

* Fittie - Fit o the dee
* Dyce - North
* Torry - Sooth
* Garthdee
* Kincorth
* Pittodrie
* Ruthrieston
* Rubislaw
* Donside Village
* Brig o Don
* Stoneywid
* Bucksburn
* Cove
* Bieldside
* Cults

## Sport

Aiberdeen Fitbaa Club wis foondit in 1903. Its major success wis winnin the European Cup Winners Cup in 1983 an three league Championships atween 1980 an 1986, unner the management o Alex Ferguson, that uised ti be Manchester United F.C. manager. The club's stadium is Pittodrie at huds the honour o bein Breetain's first aa-seatit stadium an first wi a dugoot.

## Transport
**Aiberdeen railwey station** is the main railwey station in Aiberdeen, Scotland. It is the busiest railwey station in Scotland ootwi Glesga an Edinburgh. It is locatit on Guild Street in the city centre, neist ti Union Square.

## Twin Cities
Aiberdeen is twinn'd wi several burghs oothrou Europe an aa aroond the world. includin:
* Regensburg, Germany
* Clermont-Ferrand, Fraunce
* Stavanger, Norawa
* Gomel, Belarus
* Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

## References

## Fremmit airtins

* Aiberdeen City Cooncil
* Aiberdeen byleid it www.scots-online.org