Tong
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 Tong School | |
  Tong Location within the Outer Hebrides | |
| Population | 527 (2001) |
| Language | Scottish Gaelic English |
| OS grid reference | NB448365 |
| Civil parish | |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ISLE OF LEWIS |
| Postcode district | HS2 |
| Dialling code | 01851 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Tong (Scottish Gaelic: Tunga from Old Norse: Tunga) is a village on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, 4 miles (6 kilometres) northeast of the main town of Stornoway on the B895 road to Back and Tolsta.[1] The population of the village is 527 (2001 census). Fishing forms part of the local economy.[2]
The mainland of Scotland is 40 nautical miles (75 kilometres) away via a two-hour ferry ride.[3]
- ^ Maps (Map). Google Maps.
- ^ Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1957). Parliamentary debates (Hansard).: House of Commons official report. H.M.S.O. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ Geoghegan, Peter (11 May 2016). "The Tiny Scottish Village That Spawned Trump". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved 18 May 2023.