Jura is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, beside as well as northeast of Islay. With a location of 36,692 hectares, or 142 square miles, as well as only 196 citizens recorded in the 2011 census, Jura is far more sparsely inhabited than Islay, and also is one of the least largely inhabited islands of Scotland: in a list of the islands of Scotland rated by dimension, Jura comes eighth, whereas by population it comes 31st. Jura is part of the council location of Argyll and Bute. The island is mountainous, bare and sterile, covered greatly by large areas of covering bog. The main negotiation is the east coast village of Craighouse, which is its capital. Craighouse is home to the Jura distillery, producing Isle of Jura solitary malt whisky. The town is additionally home to the island's only hotel, store as well as church. Other negotiations consist of Ardfernal, Ardmenish, Inverlussa, Keils, Kinuachdrachd, Knockrome, Lagg, Leargybreck and Tarbert. Between Jura's north tip as well as the island of Scarba exists the Gulf of Corryvreckan, where a whirlpool makes flow harmful at specific states of the trend. The southerly part of the island, from Loch Tarbert southwards, is assigned a national scenic location (NSA), among 40 such areas in Scotland, which are specified so as to identify areas of remarkable scenery and guarantee their protection 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. listed below low tide).