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Western Isles
| Location |
N Atlantic Ocean, W Scotland |
| Latitude and longitude |
58 00 N, 8 00 W |
| Sovereignty |
United Kingdom |
| Political status notes |
A Unitary Authority of Scotland; also known as the Outer
Hebrides; includes the principal islands of North Uist, South Uist,
Barra, Lewis and Harris |
| Population |
29,600 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
3,134
|
| Capital |
Stornaway |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Comhairle nan Eilean
(Western Isles Council) |
| Hebridean Connections |
| New Scottish Councils – Western
Isles – Key Statistics, from the University of Dundee, Scotland |
| Western
Isles—Constitutional Arrangements, by Alex MacDonald,
Convener, Comhairle Eilean Siar (Western Isles 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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