Aberdeen Detectives have been operating in Aberdeen and Scotland for almost 20 years.
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Aberdeen's two universities, the University of Aberdeen, founded in 1495, and the Robert Gordon University, which was awarded university status in 1992, make Aberdeen the educational centre of the north-east.
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Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city and one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas.
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Aberdeen has an official population estimate of 210,400.
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Nicknames include the Granite City, the Grey City and the Silver City with the Golden Sands.
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During the mid-18th to mid-20th centuries, Aberdeen's buildings incorporated locally quarried grey granite, whose mica deposits sparkle like silver.
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Aberdeen has a long, sandy coastline. Since the discovery of North Sea oil in the 1970s, other nicknames have been the Oil Capital of Europe or the Energy Capital of Europe.
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The area around Aberdeen has been settled for at least 8000 years, when prehistoric villages lay around the mouths of the rivers Dee and Don.
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In 1319, Aberdeen received Royal Burgh status from Robert the Bruce, transforming the city economically.
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The traditional industries of fishing, paper-making, shipbuilding, and textiles have been overtaken by the oil industry and Aberdeen's seaport.
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Aberdeen Heliport is one of the busiest commercial heliports in the world.
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Aberdeen's seaport is the largest in the north-east of Scotland.
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Aberdeen has won the Britain in Bloom competition a record breaking ten times.
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Aberdeen International Youth Festival, a major international event which attracts up to 1000 of the most talented young performing arts companies.
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