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Kirkwall (Scots: Kirkwa, Kirkwaa, or Kirkwal; Norn: Kirkavå) is the largest town in Orkney, an archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland.First mentioned in the Orkneyinga saga, it is today the location of the headquarters of the Orkney Islands Council and a transport hub with ferries to many locations. [5]
Orkney (/ ˈ ɔːr k n i /), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago off the north coast of mainland Scotland. ... Population (2022) [117] Kirkwall: 7,500 ...
Orkney islands map This is a list of Orkney islands in Scotland. The Orkney archipelago is located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north of mainland Scotland and comprises over 70 islands and skerries, of which 20 are permanently inhabited. In addition to the Orkney Mainland there are three groups of islands. The North and South Isles lie respectively north and south of Mainland. The Pentland Skerries ...
List of the main centres of population in the Orkney and Shetland islands as of 2020, with populations of over 500. ... Kirkwall: Mainland, Orkney: 10,020 [107] 4.01 ...
Kirkwall, the capital of the islands, is on the isthmus between west Mainland and east Mainland, which historically enabled it to have highly active harbours facing in two directions for the southern and northern Orkney Islands; the southern one, Scapa Flow, is a large, calm and immediately ocean-accessible natural harbour.
List of islands by largest population: Island Population [49] [50] 1991 2001 2011 Shetland Mainland: 17,562 ... Some services also call at Kirkwall, Orkney, ...
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Orkney Islands. Locality Population (2001) Area Population density; Kirkwall: 6206 280 22.2 Stromness: 1609 488 3.3 Perth and Kinross. Locality Population (2001) ...