Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland (from 1437) and its second largest city. The administrative center of the City-of-Edinburgh County. The population of Edinburgh in 2016 was 488.1 thousand people. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom. Located on the east coast of Scotland (the territory of the lowlands), on the southern shore of the Firth of the Forth.The districts of Edinburgh - the Old Town and the New City - were listed by UNESCO in 1995 as a World Heritage Site.