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North East Scotland is the low-lying eastern region of bounded by the Firth of Forth to the south and the Moray Firth to the north; its cities are Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Aberdeen and Dundee.

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is the third-largest city in , , with a population of almost 200,000. It is a harbour city on Scotland's north-east coast, approximately 120 miles north of Edinburgh and 400 miles north of London, where the Rivers Dee and Don meet the North Sea.

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is an industrial city and port, historically part of county in northeast Scotland. It stands on the north bank of the River Tay, which here broadens out into the North Sea, and in 2022 had a population of 148,000.

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is a city in in North East Scotland, with a population in 2016 of 47,430. It stands at a point where the River Tay channels between hills, turns sharply and becomes tidal and navigable.

Destinations to Discover

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is a county in the north east of Scotland. It's a long way north - the coastline around Fraserburgh is further north than Newfoundland - but it's mostly lowland, fertile and productive, having more in common with the central belt of Scotland than with the Highlands.

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is a county in the north east of Scotland, with a population in 2019 of 371,910. It's a lowland peninsula, with the broad Firth of Forth to the south and the smaller Firth of Tay to the north, and great bridges for its gateways.

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is a council area in the northeast of Scotland. It straddles the divide between lowlands and highlands, as the hills suddenly rear up from the broad valleys, and in 2019 it had a population of 151,290.

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is a county in North East Scotland, which historically had as its main conurbation though this is now separately governed. can be considered the birthplace not only of Scotland – the 1320 Declaration of first asserted the nation's sovereignty – but also of its grandparents.

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is a county in the northeast of , with Aberdeenshire to its south and east, and Highland region west. It's bounded to the north by the Firth, an arm of the North Sea. It's mostly rural, and in 2019 had a population of 95,520.

North East Scotland

Latitude of center
57.22° or 57° 13′ 12″ north
Longitude of center
-2.81° or 2° 48′ 36″ west
Wiki­data ID
Q14942321
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Welsh—“North East Scotland” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Паўночна-Ўсходняя Шатляндыя”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর পূর্ব স্কটল্যান্ড”
  • Catalan: “Nord-est d’Ecòcia”
  • French: “Nord-Est de l’Écosse”
  • German: “North East Scotland”
  • Hebrew: “צפון-מזרח סקוטלנד”
  • Italian: “Scozia nordorientale”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nuurd Uast Skotlun”
  • Slovenian: “Severovzhodna Škotska”
  • Venetian: “Scòsia nordorientałe”
  • Welsh: “Gogledd-ddwyrain yr Alban”

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