Aberdeen is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeenshire, but is now separate from the council area of Aberdeenshire. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas, and has a population of 198,590 for the urban area, making it the United Kingdom's 39th most populous built-up area, and 224,190 for the wider council area including outlying localities.