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Dundee

This article is about the city in Scotland. For other uses, see Dundee (disambiguation).

Dundee
Dùn Dè (Scottish Gaelic)
City, lieutenancy and council area
Skyline of Dundee from Fife
Flag of Dundee
Flag
Coat of arms of Dundee
Coat of arms
Etymology: Dùn Dè ('Tay Fort')
Dundee shown within Scotland
Dundee shown within Scotland
Coordinates: 56°27′38″N 2°58′12″W / 56.460556°N 2.97°W / 56.460556; -2.97
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryScotland
Foundedc. 11th century AD
Burgh charter1191
City status26 January 1889
Unitary authority1 April 1996
Administrative HQDundee City Chambers
Government
[1]
 • TypeCouncil
 • BodyDundee City Council
 • ControlScottish National Party
 • MPs
2 MPs
 • MSPs
2 MSPs
Area
[2]
 • Total
20 sq mi (60 km2)
 • Rank32nd
Population
 (2022)[2]
 • Total
148,350
 • Rank13th
 • Density6,430/sq mi (2,481/km2)
DemonymDundonian
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas
DD1–5
Dialling codes01382
ISO 3166 codeGB-DND
GSS codeS12000042
Websitedundeecity.gov.uk

Dundee (/dʌnˈdiː/ ; Scots: Dundee; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Dè or Dùn Dèagh, pronounced [t̪un ˈtʲeː]) is the fourth-largest city in Scotland. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was 148,210, giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 (6,420/mi2), the second-highest in Scotland. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea.

Under the name of Dundee City,[3] it forms one of the 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Angus, the city developed into a burgh in the late 12th century and established itself as an important east coast trading port.[4] Rapid expansion was brought on by the Industrial Revolution, particularly in the 19th century when Dundee was the centre of the global jute industry.[5] This, along with its other major industries, gave Dundee its epithet as the city of "jute, jam and journalism".

With the decline of traditional industry, the city has adopted a plan to regenerate and reinvent itself as a cultural centre.[6] In pursuit of this, a £1 billion master plan to regenerate and to reconnect the Waterfront to the city centre started in 2001 and is expected to be completed within a 30-year period. The V&A Dundee – the first branch of the V&A to operate outside of London – is the main centrepiece of the waterfront project.[7][8] Today, Dundee is promoted as "One City, Many Discoveries" in honour of Dundee's history of scientific activities and of the RRS Discovery, Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic exploration vessel, which was built in Dundee and is now berthed at Discovery Point.

Dundee is an international research and development hub in technology, medicine and life sciences, with technological industries having arrived since the 1980s.[9][10][11] Dundee was named as a "City of the Future" by Cognizant in 2021, the only UK city to be featured.[12][13][14] Dundee has also been a leading city in electric vehicles, having one of the largest fleets of electric vehicles in the country. The city was named as the electric vehicle capital of Europe in 2018, and it has continuously been branded as the electric vehicle capital of Scotland and the United Kingdom.[15][16][17]

In 2014, Dundee was recognised by the United Nations as the UK's first UNESCO City of Design for its diverse contributions to fields including medical research, comics and video games.[18][19][20] Since 2015, Dundee's international profile has risen. GQ magazine named Dundee the "Coolest Little City in Britain" in 2015 and The Wall Street Journal ranked Dundee at number 5 on its "Worldwide Hot Destinations" list for 2018.[21]

  1. ^ "Your Council". Dundee City Council. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Dundee City". Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Dundee's Maritime History". Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Dundee: Jute and Empire". Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Dundee: Creative Cities" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  7. ^ Urquhart, Frank (13 August 2013). "V&A Museum at Dundee could see 2016 opening". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Victoria and Albert Dundee". Archived from the original on 2 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Science in the City | Welcome to Bio-Dundee". www.biodundee.co.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Associate Feature: Driving growth, saving lives – the University of Dundee blueprint". Holyrood Website. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Dundee has an international research reputation in the field of biomedical lifesciences and attracts over £50 million per annum in research funding, 90% of which is directed to the biomedical area. All life science and clinical research departments are 5/5*, the highest rating available." - www.bio-dundee.com
  12. ^ "21 Places of the Future: Where is the future of work?" (PDF). Cognizant. 31 March 2021.
  13. ^ "From Dundee to Outer Space: 21 places defining the future of work". Intelligent CIO Europe. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Dundee in world's top places of the future | Digital Dundee". www.digitaldundee.com. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Dundee has become the first city in Europe to introduce retractable EV chargers". Dundee Culture. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  16. ^ Huband, Graham (14 January 2019). "Dundee Matters: City powers up as electric vehicle capital of Scotland". The Courier. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Electric vehicles will change how cities look. Just ask the Scottish city of Dundee". CBC News. 12 November 2021.
  18. ^ "Dundee awarded UK's first Unesco City of Design status". BBC News. December 2014. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  19. ^ "Dundee wins City of Design status from UNESCO". The Courier. December 2014. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  20. ^ "Dundee the UK's first Unesco 'City of Design'". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014.
  21. ^ "Dundee named worldwide 'hot destination' by Wall Street Journal". BBC News. 26 October 2017. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.

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