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Orkney Islands
| Location |
North Sea, in N Atlantic Ocean |
| Latitude and longitude |
59 00 N, 3 00 W |
| Sovereignty |
United Kingdom |
| Political status notes |
A Unitary Authority of Scotland |
| Population |
19,210 |
| Census notes |
est. June 30, 2002 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
641 |
| Capital |
Kirkwall |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| About
the Orkney Islands, from Orkneyjar |
| Maps
of Orkney, from the Orcadian newspaper |
| Orkney
Islands Council |
| The Orkney Website |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| Orkney—Constitutional
Arrangements, by Hugh Halcro-Johnston, Convener, Orkney Islands
Council, in Jean-Didier Hache (editor), What
Status for Europe's Islands? (Quel Statut pour les Îles
d'Europe?) (2000). This volume is no longer available online.
Interested readers may be able to purchase it through Alibris
or other booksellers. |
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