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Western Isles


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Western Isles

Place Type
physical; political
Description
Island group and administrative region are coextensive; name often is used to describe both Inner and Outer Hebrides; economy is based on fishing, and cattle and sheep breeding; administrative center is Stornoway.
Source
Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)

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