Jura is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, beside and also northeast of Islay. With an area of 36,692 hectares, or 142 square miles, and also just 196 citizens recorded in the 2011 census, Jura is a lot more sparsely populated than Islay, and also is among the least densely booming islands of Scotland: in a listing of the islands of Scotland ranked by size, Jura comes eighth, whereas by population it comes 31st. Jura becomes part of the council location of Argyll and Bute. The island is hilly, bare as well as sterile, covered greatly by substantial locations of blanket bog. The major settlement is the east shore town of Craighouse, which is its capital. Craighouse is residence to the Jura distillery, producing Island of Jura single malt whisky. The village is also residence to the island's only resort, store and also church. Various other negotiations consist of Ardfernal, Ardmenish, Inverlussa, Keils, Kinuachdrachd, Knockrome, Lagg, Leargybreck and also Tarbert. In between Jura's north tip and also the island of Scarba exists the Gulf of Corryvreckan, where a whirlpool makes flow hazardous at specific states of the trend. The southern part of the island, from Loch Tarbert southwards, is marked a national picturesque location (NSA), one of 40 such areas in Scotland, which are specified so regarding identify locations of remarkable surroundings as well as guarantee their security from unacceptable advancement. The Jura NSA covers 30,317 hectares in total, consisting of 21,072 ha of land, with a further 9245 ha being marine (i.e. below low tide).