Barra
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Barra (; or ; ) is an island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, and the second southernmost inhabited island there, after the adjacent island of Vatersay to which it is connected by the Vatersay Causeway.
Key facts
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Outer Hebrides
- Scottish island.caption
- Barra shown within the Outer Hebrides
- Scottish island.GridReference
- NF687004
- Scottish island.celtic name
- Eilean Bharraigh
- Scottish island.scots name
- Barra
- Scottish island.area rank
- 20
- Scottish island.highest elevation
- Heaval,
- Scottish island.Population
- 1,209
- Scottish island.population rank
- 12
- Scottish island.population density
- 20.6 people/km2
- Scottish island.main settlement
- Castlebay
- Scottish island.island group
- Uists and Barra
- Scottish island.image_flag
- Isle of Barra flag.svg
- Scottish island.Image
- Approaching Castlebay - geograph.org.uk - 5453335.jpg
- Scottish island.ImageCaption
- The Village of Castlebay from the sea with Kisimul Castle in the foreground and the heights of Heaval beyond
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Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Geology
- History
- Early history
- Kingdom of the Isles
- Lordship of Garmoran
- Lairds and pirates
- Places of interest
- Economy
- {{lang|gd|Coimhearsachd Bharraigh agus Bhatarsaigh}}
- Transport
- Air
- Media
- Film and TV
- Books
- Other
- Climate
- People from Barra
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Barra (; or ; ) is an island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, and the second southernmost inhabited island there, after the adjacent island of Vatersay to which it is connected by the Vatersay Causeway.
In 2022, the population was 1,209, an increase of 35 since the 2011 census. English and Gaelic are widely spoken, and at the 2011 Census, there were 761 Gaelic speakers (62% of the population, falling from 76% in the 1991 census). Barra's airport is claimed to be the only one in the world to have regular scheduled flights landing on a beach.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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