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Orkney
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Orkney is ane o 32 cooncil areas in Scotland. Orkney is made up o 70 ilands 16 km north o Caithness in northren Scotland. The maist mukkil iland is caad the Mainland; juist 20 is populatit.
Quick Facts Gaelic name, Norse name ...
Gaelic name | Arcaibh |
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Norse name | Orkneyjar |
Meanin o name | "Ork" possibly oreeginally frae a Pictish tribal name meanin ‘young pig’.[1] |
Location | |
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Orkney shawn within Scotland | |
Coordinates | 59°0′N 3°2′W |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Northren Isles |
Aurie | 990 km2 (380 sq mi) |
Admeenistration | |
Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
Kintra | Scotland |
Cooncil aurie | Orkney Islands Cooncil |
Demografics | |
Population | 22,100 (2017) |
Population density | 52 per square mile (20/km2) |
Lairgest settlement | Kirkwa |
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Orkney's heidtoun is Kirkwaa on the Mainland, hame ti St Magnus' Cathedral, wi aboot 6,000 fowk an a mukkil port. The anerlie ither burgh is Strumnis at the wast end o the Mainland, wi 2,000 fowk bydin thar. The thrid maist mukkil sattilment is The Hop on Sooth Ronaldsay.