Facts and Figures about the City of Edinburgh...

• Edinburgh is the Capital of Scotland. one of the four component countries of the United Kingdom

• The City of Edinburgh is 100 square miles in area (26113 hectares)

• The population figures for Edinburgh, the Lothian Region, Scotland and the United Kingdom are here.

• People often have a stereo-typical view of the Scottish Weather. It is said to be cold and wet. However, Edinburgh doesn't fit the stereo-type:

  
               | Average       | Average Daily Temperature | Average Annual
               | Annual        |    January       July     | Hrs of Bright
               | Rainfall (mm) |  Max   Min     Max   Min  | Sunshine
               |---------------|---------------------------|---------------
    Edinburgh  |      626      |  6.2   0.4     18.4  10.9 |      1351
    London     |      610      |  6.8   1.1     22.0  12.9 |      1494
    Manchester |      806      |  6.1   0.8     19.4  11.8 |      1359
    Glasgow    |      951      |  6.1     0     18.7  10.3 |      1303
  

• Edinburgh is, however, known as the "Windy City"

• Edinburgh is "twinned" with the following cities:

  
        Dunedin, New Zealand        Florence, Italy  
        Kiev, Ukraine               Munich, Germany      
        Nice, France                San Diego, USA   
        Vancouver, Canada           Xian, China          
  

• Edinburgh has consulates from the following countries:

  
        Australia      Belgium      Denmark
        Finland        France       Germany
        Iceland        Italy        Japan
        Norway         Poland       Portugal
        Russia         Spain        USA
  

• Edinburgh has three Universities:

  
        The University of Edinburgh
        Heriot-Watt University
        Napier University
  

• The top ten tourist attractions in Edinburgh are:

  
        Edinburgh Castle (most visited tourist attraction in Scotland)
        Royal Botanic Gardens 
        Edinburgh Zoo
        Royal Museum of Scotland
        Royal Scottish Regimental Museum
        National Gallery of Scotland
        Scottish United Services Museum
        Palace of Holyroodhouse
        Museum of Childhood
        Scottish National Portrait Gallery
  

• The City of Edinburgh hosts:
  • 1462 km of roads
  • 20,345 car parking spaces
  • more than 8000 hotel rooms
  • 1788 Solicitors
  • 1091 Chartered Surveyors
  • 1322 Chartered Accountants
  • Approximately 33,500 University students
  • Approximately 41,500 students at Further Education Colleges
  • £103.4 billion of managed financial portfolios
  • the Headquarters of banks with combined assets exceeding £68.5 billion
  • the Headquarters of eight companies with annual turnovers in excess of £1 billion
  • 222,020 women as against only 196,894 men!

Source: Edinburgh Facts and Figures