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 reduction of 64 considering that 2001. The island, in common with the rest of the Hebrides, is just one of the last remaining strongholds of the Gaelic language in Scotland as well as the population-- South Uist's inhabitants are known in Gaelic as Deasaich (Southerners)-- is about 90% Roman Catholic. The island is house to a nature reserve and also a variety of sites of historical passion, consisting of one which is the just area in Great Britain where primitive mummies have been found. In the northwest, there is a rocket testing range. In 2006 South Uist, along with adjoining Benbecula and also Eriskay, was involved in Scotland's biggest-ever area land acquistion.