Isle Of South Uist
South Uist is the second-largest island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. At the 2011 census, it had a normally resident population of 1,754: a decline of 64 considering that 2001. The island, alike with the rest of the Hebrides, is just one of the last staying strongholds of the Gaelic language in Scotland as well as the population-- South Uist's inhabitants are understood in Gaelic as Deasaich (Southerners)-- is about 90% Roman Catholic. The island is home to a nature book and also a number of sites of archaeological interest, consisting of one which is the only area in Great Britain where primitive mummies have been found. In the northwest, there is a projectile screening range. In 2006 South Uist, together with neighbouring Benbecula and Eriskay, was associated with Scotland's biggest-ever neighborhood land acquistion.