Glesga Glaschu | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 55°51′28.8″N 4°15′32.4″W / 55.858000°N 4.259000°WCoordinates: 55°51′28.8″N 4°15′32.4″W / 55.858000°N 4.259000°W | |
Sovereign State | United Kingdom |
Country | Scotland |
Council Area | Glasgow City |
Subdivisions | 23 Wards |
Founded | Late-sixth century |
Burgh Charter | 1170s |
Government | |
• Governing body | Glasgow City Council |
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Area | |
• City | 175 km2 (68 sq mi) |
• Urban | 368.5 km2 (142.3 sq mi) |
• Metro | 3,338 km2 (1,289 sq mi) |
Population | |
• City | 621,020 |
• Density | 3,555/km2 (9,210/sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,209,143 |
• Metro | 1,817,870 |
• Language(s) | English Scots Gaelic |
Time zone | UTC±0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
Postcode areas | G1-G80 |
OS grid reference | Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates". |
International Airports | Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) |
Main Railway Stations | Glasgow Central Glasgow Queen Street |
Website | City website |
Glasgow (Scottish: Glaschu, Lowland Scots: Glesga) is the biggest and busiest city in Scotland. It is on the banks of the River Clyde. People from Glasgow are known as "Glaswegians" (glas-wee-jans), which is a name also used for words that are used only in Glasgow - also known as "The Glasgow Patter".