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==Outer Hebrides==
==Outer Hebrides==
The main islands of the Outer Hebrides (Gaelic: ''Na h-Eileanan Siar'', "'''Western Isles'''") are [[Lewis]] and [[Harris]] (two parts of a single island), [[North Uist]], Benbecula, [[South Uist]], and Barra. The archipelago of [[St Kilda]] and occasionally even the distant islet of [[Rockall]] are also sometimes included amongst the group. The two Uists and Benbecula are connected by bridges and causeways and are collectively known as 'the long island'. The administrative centre of the Western Isles is [[Stornoway]]. The islands, formerly divided between [[Invernessshire]] and [[Ross & Cromarty]], became a region of Scotland in 1975 and a county in 1996.
The main islands of the Outer Hebrides (Gaelic: ''Na h-Eileanan Siar'', "'''Western Isles'''") are [[Lewis and Harris]] (two parts of a single island), [[North Uist]], Benbecula, [[South Uist]], and Barra. The archipelago of [[St Kilda]] and occasionally even the distant islet of [[Rockall]] are also sometimes included amongst the group. The two Uists and Benbecula are connected by bridges and causeways and are collectively known as 'the long island'. The administrative centre of the Western Isles is [[Stornoway]]. The islands, formerly divided between [[Invernessshire]] and [[Ross & Cromarty]], became a region of Scotland in 1975 and a county in 1996.
The islands are a stronghold of [[Gaelic]] language and culture, the last part of Scotland in which Scottish [[Gaelic]] is still widely spoken, and are among the most strongly religious areas in the [[United Kingdom]]. In Lewis, Harris and North Uist [[Protestantism]] is the predominant faith; in the other islands, [[Roman Catholicism]].
The islands are a stronghold of [[Gaelic]] language and culture, the last part of Scotland in which Scottish [[Gaelic]] is still widely spoken, and are among the most strongly religious areas in the [[United Kingdom]]. In Lewis, Harris and North Uist [[Protestantism]] is the predominant faith; in the other islands, [[Roman Catholicism]].