a unitary authority. The City of Edinburgh council area had an estimated population of in , and includes outlying towns and villages. The city is in the Lothian region and was historically part of the shire of Midlothian (also called Edinburghshire).

Etymology

"Edin", the root of the city's name, derives from [[Eidyn]], the name for the region in Cumbric, the Brittonic

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