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Key facts
- Scottish gaelic name
- Diùra [ ˈtʲuːɾə ]
- Old norse name
- Dýrey
- Meaning of name
- deer island
- Os grid reference
- NR589803
- Coordinates
- 56°00′N 5°54′W / 56°N 5.9°W / 56; -5.9
- Island group
- Inner Hebrides
- Area
- 366.92 km (142 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- Beinn an Òir , 785 m (2,575 ft)
- Council area
- Argyll and Bute
- Country
- Scotland
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Population density
- 0.7/km (1.8/sq mi)
- Largest settlement
- Craighouse
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Jura (/ˈdʒʊərə/ JOOR-ə; Scottish Gaelic: Diùra) is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, adjacent to and northeast of Islay. With an area of 36,692 hectares (142 sq mi), and 258 inhabitants recorded in the 2022 census, Jura is more sparsely populated than Islay, and is one of the least-densely populated islands of Scotland: in a list of the islands of Scotland ranked by size, Jura comes eighth, whereas by population it comes 29th. The island is mountainous, bare and largely infertile, covered by extensive areas of blanket bog.
The main settlement is the east coast village of Craighouse, on the Sound of Jura. The Jura distillery, producing Isle of Jura single-malt whisky, is in the village, as is the island's rum-distillery, which opened in 2021. Craighouse also houses the island's shop, church, primary school, the Jura hotel and bar, a gallery, craft shop, tearoom and the community-run petrol-pumps.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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