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Inverness is the only City in The Highlands council area and the Highlands of Scotland.
In 2001 the population of the city or the urban area centred on the former burgh was 51,832 and is expected to double over the next 30 years. Recently The city is the self-proclaimed "Capital of the Highlands", and the administrative centre for the Highland council area. City status was conferred on Inverness in 2001, it being chosen as one of three "Millennium Cities" in the United Kingdom.
Inverness lies at the mouth of the River Ness as it flows into the Moray Firth in north-east Scotland. It is from this that the city derives its name: Inbhir Nis Scots Gaelic for "mouth (or confluence) of the Ness". The river flows from nearby Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal connects Loch Ness, Loch Oich, and Loch Lochy.
Annually Inverness events include: Inverness Film Festival, Inverness Highland Games and the Inverness Half Marathon.
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