Benbecula

Benbecula is an island in the of Scotland, with a population of 1300 in 2021. The name is a medieval mispronunciation: "pen" meaning flat land turned into "ben" for mountain, which it doesn't have.
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  • Type: Locality with 1,220 residents
  • Description: island of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Beinn a’ Bhaoghla”, “Beinn na Bhaoghla”, “Beinn na bhFadhla”, “Beinn na Fadhla”, “Beinn na Faghla”, “Beinn nam Faoghla”, “Beinn nam Faola”, and “Isle of Benbecula”
  • Postal code: HS7
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Borve Castle.

Castle
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, also known as Castle Wearie, and…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balivanich and Nunton.

Village
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Benbecula is an island in the of Scotland, with a population of 1300 in 2021.

Village
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Benbecula is an island in the of Scotland, with a population of 1300 in 2021.

Village
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is a settlement on the Island of Benbecula.

Benbecula

Latitude
57.4474° or 57° 26′ 51″ north
Longitude
-7.3427° or 7° 20′ 34″ west
Population
1,220
Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)
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Open location code
9C9JCMW4+WW
Geo­Names ID
8299868
Wiki­data ID
Q755739
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Benbecula” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بنبكيولا”
  • Asturian: “Benbecula”
  • Basque: “Benbecula”
  • Breton: “Beinn na Faoghla”
  • Catalan: “Benbecula”
  • Cebuano: “Benbecula Island”
  • Cebuano: “Benbecula”
  • Chinese: “本貝丘拉島”
  • Chinese: “本贝丘拉岛”
  • Czech: “Benbecula”
  • Danish: “Benbecula”
  • Dutch: “Benbecula”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بنبكيولا”
  • French: “Benbecula”
  • German: “Benbecula”
  • Greek: “Μπενμπέκουλα”
  • Hausa: “Benbecula”
  • Hungarian: “Benbecula”
  • Icelandic: “Benbecula”
  • Ido: “Insulo Benbecula”
  • Irish: “Beinn na Faoghla”
  • Irish: “Beinn nam Fadhla”
  • Italian: “Benbecula”
  • Japanese: “ベンベキュラ島”
  • Latvian: “Benbekula”
  • Lithuanian: “Benbekjula”
  • Manx: “Beinn na Faoghla”
  • Manx: “Beinn nam Fadhla”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Benbecula”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Benbecula”
  • Norwegian: “Benbecula”
  • Polish: “Benbecula”
  • Portuguese: “Benbecula”
  • Russian: “Бенбекьюла”
  • Scots: “Benbecula”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Beinn na Faoghla”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Beinn nam Fadhla”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Benbecula”
  • Spanish: “Benbecula”
  • Swedish: “Benbecula”
  • Vietnamese: “Benbecula”
  • Welsh: “Beinn na Faoghla”
  • “Beinn na Faoghla”

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