| Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous
city and one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. It
has an official population estimate of 202,370.
Nicknames include the Granite City, the Grey City and the Silver
City with the Golden Sands and since the discovery of North Sea
oil in the 1970s, other nicknames have been the Oil Capital of
Europe or the Energy Capital of Europe.
The traditional industries of fishing, paper-making, shipbuilding,
and textiles have been overtaken by the oil industry and Aberdeen's
seaport industries. Aberdeen Heliport is one of the busiest commercial
heliports in the world and the seaport is the largest in the north-east
of Scotland.
Aberdeen has won the Britain in Bloom competition a record breaking
ten times, and hosts the Aberdeen International Youth Festival,
a major international event which attracts up to 1000 of the most
talented young performing arts companies.
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