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Sleat is a peninsula
Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island....
 on the Isle of Skye in the Highland
Highland (council area)

The Highland Council areas of Scotland area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole....
 council area Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. It is the home of the clan
Scottish clan

Scottish clans , give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relations throughout the world, with a formal structure of Scottish clan chiefs officially registered with the court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms which controls the heraldry and Coat of Arms....
 "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 the 2001 census
2001 Census

During 2001, population censuses were conducted in* Australia: See Census in Australia* Austria: See Demographics of Austria* Bangladesh: See 2001 Bangladesh Census...
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Sleat is a peninsula
Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island....
 on the Isle of Skye in the Highland
Highland (council area)

The Highland Council areas of Scotland area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole....
 council area Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. It is the home of the clan
Scottish clan

Scottish clans , give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relations throughout the world, with a formal structure of Scottish clan chiefs officially registered with the court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms which controls the heraldry and Coat of Arms....
 "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 the 2001 census
2001 Census

During 2001, population censuses were conducted in* Australia: See Census in Australia* Austria: See Demographics of Austria* Bangladesh: See 2001 Bangladesh Census...
. There have been rows over whether to establish a school on Sleat that teaches all of its lessons through the medium of Gaelic.

Sleat 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
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig

Sabhal M?r Ostaig is a Scottish Gaelic language Medium of instruction college located about north of Armadale, Isle of Skye on the Sleat peninsula of the island of Isle of Skye in north west Scotland....
. Sleat Community Trust (Gaelic: Urras Coimhearsnachd Shlèite), the local development trust
Development trust

The Development Trusts Association is a network of community practitioners. The DTA helps people set up development trusts, helps existing trusts learn from each other and work effectively....
, has purchased the ‘Skye Ferry Filling Station’ at Armadale
Armadale

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 and in common with many communities is investigating the options for renewable energy production. It also owns Sleat Renewables Ltd., a timber production company. In October 2007 the Trust hosted the Highlands and Islands Community Energy Company
Highlands and Islands Community Energy Company

Community Energy Scotland is a charity that provides free advice, grant funding and finance for renewable energy projects developed by community groups in Scotland....
 annual conference. Recently the final section of a new double-track road through Sleat to Broadford was finished. Most teenage children in Sleat go to Portree High School, where there is a hostel for those who live particularly far away. Sleat is known as "the garden of skye".