Oban
Oban is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. Despite its little dimension, it is the largest community between Helensburgh and Ft William. Throughout the visitor period, the community can play host to approximately 25,000 people. Oban occupies a setting in the Firth of Lorn. The bay is a near best horseshoe, secured by the island of Kerrera; and also past Kerrera, the Isle of Mull. To the north is the long low island of Lismore and also the hills of Morvern and Ardgour. Laurinburg, North Carolina (United States) became a sister city to Oban in 1993. The preliminary agreement was between Scotland Area, North Carolina, and Argyll & Bute District Council. Complying with reorganisation in 1995, the agreement was verified by Argyll & Bute Council in 1997. In 1997 Oban was likewise twinned with Gorey, Area Wexford, in Ireland. Additionally twinned with Sarajevo. The neighborhood culture is Gaelic. In 2011, 8.2% of the town's population over age 3 might speak Gaelic as well as 11.3% had some facility in the language. [10] Oban is thought about the house of the Royal National Mòd, since it was first held there in 1892, with 10 competitors on a Saturday afternoon. The community held the centenary Mod in 1992 (the year it came to be Royal) and in 2003 the 100th Mod, the two occasions attracting countless competitors and visitors (the 100th Mod was later than the centenary because it was not held in the war years). The Mod is held in Oban approximately every 6-- 8 years, and also has last been held in October 2015.
