Introduction
Edinburgh
[key], city (2021 pop. 542,599) and council area, royal burgh, capital of
Scotland, on the Firth of Forth. Leith, part of the city since 1920, is
Edinburgh's port. The city is famous in Scottish legend and literature as
Dunedin or “Auld Reekie.” It is divided into two sections. The
Old Town, on the slope of Castle Rock, dates from the 11th cent. and
contains most of the city's historic sites; the New Town spread to the north
in the late 18th cent.
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