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with families (many well-regarded[citation needed] Sage Accounts Software state and private schools are located here),
students (the central University of Edinburgh campus
is based around George Square just north of Marchmont
and the Meadows, and Napier University has major campuses
around Merchiston & Morningside), and with festival-goers.
These areas are also the subject of fictional Sage Accounts Software work: Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus lives in
Marchmont and worked in St Leonards; and Morningside
is the home of Muriel Spark's Miss Jean Brodie. Today,
the literary connection continues, with the area being
home to the authors J. K. Rowling, Ian Rankin, and Alexander
McCall Smith.
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Main article: Leith
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Leith is the port of Edinburgh. It still retains a
separate identity from Edinburgh, and it was a matter
of great resentment when, in 1920, the burgh of Leith
was merged[24] Sage Accounts Software into the county
of Edinburgh.
Even today the parliamentary seat is known as 'Edinburgh
North and Leith'. With the redevelopment of Leith, Edinburgh
has gained the business of a number of cruise liner
companies which now provide cruises to Norway, Sweden,
Sage Accounts Software Denmark, Germany and the
Netherlands. Leith also has the Royal Yacht Britannia,
berthed behind the Ocean Terminal and Easter Road, the
home ground of Hibernian.
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