- Sleat
Location map|Scotland
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caption = Map showing the location of Sleat within Scotland
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width = 175Sleat is a
peninsula on theIsle of Skye in the Highland council areaScotland . It is the home of the clan "MacDonald of Sleat ". The name comes from Sléibhte,Scottish Gaelic for a "plain", which well describes Sleat when considered in the surrounding context of the mainland, Skye and Rum mountains which all dominate the horizon all about Sleat.Sleat is quite a
Scottish Gaelic speaking area, with over 40% of the population able to speak the language according to the2001 census . There have been rows over whether to establish a school on Sleat that teaches all of its lessons through the medium of Gaelic.Fact|date=November 2007Sleat is a traditional parish that has several communities, two major landowners (the Clan Donald Lands Trust and Eilean Iarmain Estate), and Scotland's Gaelic College,
Sabhal Mór Ostaig . Sleat Community Trust (Gaelic: "Urras Coimhearsnachd Shlèite"), the localdevelopment trust , intends to purchase the 'Skye Ferry Filling Station' atArmadale and in common with many communities is investigating the options for renewable energy production. It also owns Sleat Renewables Ltd., a timber production company. [ [http://www.sleatcommunitytrust.co.uk/ "Welcome" page] Sleat Community Trust. Retrieved27 October 2007 .] [ [http://www.dtascot.org.uk/products.cfm "Directory of Members"] DTAS. Retrieved27 October 2007 .] In October 2007 the Trust hosted theHighlands and Islands Community Energy Company annual conference. [ [http://www.hie.co.uk/HICEC/HICEC-News-Oct07.pdf "Community Energy News"] (October 2007) (pdf) HICEC. Retrieved27 October 2007 .]References
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