Orkney

Orkney

Gaelic name	Arcaibh
Norse name	Orkneyjar
Meanin o name	"Ork" possibly oreeginally frae a Pictish tribal name meanin ‘young pig’.[1]
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Location
Orkney Orkney shawn within Scotland
Coordinates	59°0′N 3°2′W / 59.000°N 3.033°W / 59.000; -3.033Coordinates: 59°0′N 3°2′W / 59.000°N 3.033°W / 59.000; -3.033
Physical geography
Island group	Northren Isles
Aurie	990 km2 (380 sq mi)
Admeenistration
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Kintra	Scotland
Cooncil aurie	Orkney Islands Cooncil
Demografics
Population	22,100 (2017)
Population density	52 per square mile (20/km2)
Lairgest settlement	Kirkwa

Orkney is ane o 32 cooncil areas in Scotland. Orkney is made up o 70 ilands 16 km north o Caithness in northren Scotland. The maist mukkil iland is caad the Mainland; juist 20 is populatit.

Orkney's heidtoun is Kirkwaa on the Mainland, hame ti St Magnus' Cathedral, wi aboot 6,000 fowk an a mukkil port. The anerlie ither burgh is Strumnis at the wast end o the Mainland, wi 2,000 fowk bydin thar. The thrid maist mukkil sattilment is The Hop on Sooth Ronaldsay.

1. ↑ Waugh, Doreen J. "Orkney Place-names" in Omand (2003) p. 116.