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Scotland is the northernmost of the four constituent parts that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, sharing a 60 mile long land border with England to the south and separated from Northern Ireland by the North Channel of the Irish Sea. Otherwise, Scotland is surrounded by the bracing waters of the North Sea to the east, and the North Atlantic Ocean to the west and north. There are many cities in Scotland saturated with mystery and which have interesting and rich history. One of them is Edinburgh ,the capital of Scotland, and its largest city is Glasgow.
Edinburgh is situated on the east coast of the central lowlands, on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, on the North Sea. It has been the capital of Scotland since 1437 and is the seat of the Scottish Parliament. The city was one of the major centers of the enlightenment, led by the University of Edinburgh, gaining the nickname Athens of the North. In the census of 2001, Edinburgh had a......

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