Isle Of South Uist
South Uist is the second-largest island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. At the 2011 census, it had a typically resident population of 1,754: a decline of 64 given that 2001. The island, alike with the rest of the Hebrides, is one of the last staying strongholds of the Gaelic language in Scotland as well as the population-- South Uist's residents are known in Gaelic as Deasaich (Southerners)-- is about 90% Roman Catholic. The island is residence to a nature book as well as a number of sites of historical rate of interest, including one which is the just area in Great Britain where ancient mummies have actually been located. In the northwest, there is a missile screening range. In 2006 South Uist, together with adjoining Benbecula and Eriskay, was involved in Scotland's biggest-ever community land acquistion.