Jura is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, beside as well as northeast of Islay. With an area of 36,692 hectares, or 142 square miles, and only 196 residents recorded in the 2011 census, Jura is far more sparsely booming than Islay, and also is one of the least densely populated islands of Scotland: in a listing of the islands of Scotland placed by size, Jura comes eighth, whereas by population it comes 31st. Jura belongs to the council location of Argyll and Bute. The island is hilly, bare and also infertile, covered mostly by large areas of blanket bog. The main negotiation is the eastern shore town of Craighouse, which is its capital. Craighouse is home to the Jura distillery, generating Island of Jura solitary malt whisky. The town is likewise residence to the island's only hotel, shop and church. Other negotiations include Ardfernal, Ardmenish, Inverlussa, Keils, Kinuachdrachd, Knockrome, Lagg, Leargybreck as well as Tarbert. In between Jura's northern tip as well as the island of Scarba lies the Gulf of Corryvreckan, where a whirlpool makes flow dangerous at particular states of the trend. The southerly part of the island, from Loch Tarbert southwards, is assigned a nationwide beautiful location (NSA), one of 40 such areas in Scotland, which are defined so as to recognize areas of exceptional surroundings as well as guarantee their defense from unacceptable development. The Jura NSA covers 30,317 hectares in total, including 21,072 ha of land, with a further 9245 ha being marine (i.e. below low tide).