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South Uist (Scottish Gaelic: Uibhist a Deas, [ˈɯ.ɪʃtʲəˈtʲes̪]ⓘ; Scots: Sooth Uist) is the second-largest island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. At the 2011 census, it had a usually resident population of 1,754: a decrease of 64 since 2001.[10] The island, in common with the rest of the Hebrides, is one of the last remaining strongholds of the Gaelic language in Scotland. South Uist's inhabitants are known in Gaelic as Deasaich (Southerners). The population is about 90% Roman Catholic.
The island is home to a nature reserve and a number of sites of archaeological interest, including the only location in the British Isles where prehistoric mummies have been found.[11] In the northwest, there is a missile testing range. In 2006 South Uist, together with neighbouring Benbecula and Eriskay, was involved in Scotland's biggest-ever community land buyout by Stòras Uibhist.[12] The group also owns the "biggest community wind farm in Scotland", Lochcarnan, on South Uist which opened in 2013.[13][14]
^"Map of Scotland in Scots - Guide and gazetteer" (PDF).
^Gammeltoft, Peder "Scandinavian Naming-Systems in the Hebrides—A Way of Understanding how the Scandinavians were in Contact with Gaels and Picts?" in Ballin Smith et al (2007) p. 487
^The correct term for the island group is Uist and Barra, as evidenced by the name of the local hospital. https://www.wihb.scot.nhs.uk/ospadal-uibhist-agus-bharraigh
^ abArea and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
^ abNational Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
^ abHaswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
^The Chronicles of Mann. Manx Society. Vol XXII, Retrieved 4 July 2007.
^Germanic Lexicon Project Retrieved 4 July 2007.
^Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
^General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Scotland's Census 2001 – Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
^https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/mummies-may-have-been-scattered-across-bronze-age-britain-180956796/ “A pair of well-preserved bodies dating back to around 1300 and 1600 B.C. was discovered in 2001, entombed beneath an ancient dwelling in Cladh Hallan, Scotland. Intriguingly, these bodies seem to have been intentionally mummified.”
^Stòras Uibhist
^"Rise in independent renewable energy schemes in Scotland". BBC News. July 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023.
SouthUist (Scottish Gaelic: Uibhist a Deas, [ˈɯ.ɪʃtʲ ə ˈtʲes̪] ; Scots: Sooth Uist) is the second-largest island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. At...
is part of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. North Uist and SouthUist (/ˈjuːɪst/ or /ˈuːɪst/; Scottish Gaelic: Uibhist [ˈɯ.ɪʃtʲ]) are two of the islands...
Lewis and in the Outer Hebrides is Stornoway. To the south across the Sound of Harris lie the Uists and Benbecula, which were joined by a series of causeways...
Called Hybrides of 1549, North Uist, Benbecula and SouthUist are described as one island of Ywst (Uist). Starting in the south of this 'island', he described...
The main inhabited islands include Lewis and Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, SouthUist, and Barra. A complication is that there are various descriptions...
archipelago whose major islands are Lewis and Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, SouthUist, and Barra. Lewis and Harris has an area of 2,178.98 square kilometres...
included the 30 merklands of Skirbough in SouthUist, the 12 merklands of Benbecula, and the 60 merklands of North Uist. It also appears the Hugh of Sleat additionally...
of Gaelic psalm singing known as precenting. The southern islands of SouthUist and Barra are the last remnants of native pre-Reformation Scottish Catholicism...
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to £254,000,000 in 2023. The estate included Cluny Castle, North and SouthUist, Benbecula, Eriskay, and Barra. When Captain Gordon died without legitimate...
pronunciation: [kʰl̪ˠɤɣ ˈhaːl̪ˠɪɲ]) is an archaeological site on the island of SouthUist in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. It is significant as the only place...
the adjacent islands of North Uist, SouthUist and several smaller islands. Balivanich is within the parish of SouthUist. The name meaning "town of the...
the south of Barra Pabbay, Harris, in the Sound of Harris, between Harris and North Uist Pabbay, Loch Baghasdail, in Loch Baghasdail, off SouthUist Papey...
village and port on the island of SouthUist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Lochboisdale is within the parish of SouthUist, and is situated on the shore of...
These include: Baleshare Benbecula Berneray Eriskay Grimsay North UistSouthUist Vatersay, which is connected to Barra (but not to the above islands)...
population of 143, as of the 2011 census. It lies between SouthUist and Barra and is connected to SouthUist by a causeway which was opened in 2001. In the same...
can be found on bigger lochs. Arctic skuas are spreading south from Lewis as far as SouthUist but the great skua is still found breeding only in Lewis...
Daliburgh (Scottish Gaelic: Dalabrog) is a crofting township on SouthUist, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Daliburgh is situated 1+1⁄2 miles (2.5 kilometres)...
of the Clan MacLeod by Clan Macdonald, (also known as Clan Ranald) of SouthUist. The attack was in retaliation for the massacre of hundreds of members...
unofficial Flag of Orkney (1990s) Unofficial flag of North Uist (2018) Flag of the island of SouthUist (recognised 2017) Isle of Barra (recognised 2017) Flag...
particular the Outer Hebrides. The best examples are found on North and SouthUist, Harris and Lewis. Machair is a Gaelic word meaning "fertile plain", but...
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1,754[5]