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Perth (Scottish English: [ˈpɛrθ] ⓘ PERTH; Scottish Gaelic: Peairt [pʰɛrˠʃtʲ]) [4] [5] is a centrally located Scottish city, on the banks of the River Tay. It is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and is the historic county town of Perthshire .
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The Fair Maid of Perth (or St. Valentine's Day) is an 1828...
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History of Perth, Scotland. Perth (Scottish Gaelic: Peairt)...
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For the city in Scotland, see Perth, Scotland. For other...
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History of Perth, Scotland. Perth (Scottish Gaelic: Peairt) is a city and former royal burgh in central Scotland. There has been a settlement at Perth since prehistoric times. Finds in and around Perth show that it was occupied by the Mesolithic hunter-gatherers who arrived in the area more than 8,000 years ago. [1]
For the city in Scotland, see Perth, Scotland. For other uses, see Perth (disambiguation). Perth (Nyungar: Boorloo) is the capital city of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth as of 2023 [update].
Perth (Scottish Gaelic: Peairt) is a city and the main part of the Perth and Kinross council area in Scotland, with around 43,450 [1] people living there. The town was a large burgh before 1975. Perth is named by some people as The Fair City, [2] Its status in the United Kingdom was not a city a city until 2012.
Perth, city and royal burgh, Perth and Kinross council area, historic county of Perthshire, Scotland. Perth lies on the right bank of the River Tay. Its name is probably Celtic. Perth was well established by the 12th century, a burgh (town) in 1106 and a royal burgh in 1210.
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Perth is a city in Perth and Kinross in North East Scotland, with a population in 2016 of 47,430. It stands at a point where the River Tay channels between hills, turns sharply and becomes tidal and navigable.
