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Northern Ireland

Part of the United Kingdom situated on the island of Ireland

Countryconstituent country of the United Kingdom integral overseas territory stateless nationQ26

Also known as NIR · UKN · North Ireland · N. Ireland · NI · The North

Capital: Belfast
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Sources
1.Stated in Brockhaus EnzyklopädieRetrieved 2021-05-31
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Population: 1,903,200(2021)
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Sources
1.nisra.gov.uk/system/files/statistics/census-2021-main-statistics-for-northern-ireland-phase-1-statistical-bulletin-demography-and-households.pdf
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, 1,852,168(2015)
, 1,862,100(2016)
+1 more
Area: 14,130 km²
Currency: pound sterling(since 1801)
Official language: English
, Irish
Head of government: Michelle O'Neill(since 2024)
Government: constitutional monarchy
, parliamentary monarchy
Founded: May 8, 1921
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Sources
1.rte.ie/news/2021/0503/1213418-northern-ireland-100/
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Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares an open border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. At the 2021 census, its population was 1,903,175, making up around 3% of the UK's population and 27% of the population on the island of Ireland. The Northern Ireland Assembly, established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998, holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters, while other areas are reserved for the UK Government. The government of Northern Ireland cooperates with the government of Ireland in several areas under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. The Republic of Ireland also has a consultative role on non-devolved governmental matters through the British–Irish Intergovernmental Conference.

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266 statements · 11% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Demonym: Northern Irish applies to part: plural, adjective · statement is subject of: Northern Irish
nordirisch
Nordire applies to part: masculine · grammatical gender: masculine
Nordirin applies to part: feminine
Noord-Ier
nordirländare
észak-ír
nordirlandese applies to part: masculine singular
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nordirlandese applies to part: feminine singular
nordirlandesi applies to part: masculine plural
nordirlandesi applies to part: feminine plural
Nord-Irlandano
Βορειοιρλανδός applies to part: masculine, masculine singular
Βορειοιρλανδή applies to part: feminine, feminine singular
Βορειοιρλανδοί applies to part: plural, masculine plural
إرلاندي شمالي applies to part: masculine singular
إرلاندية شمالية applies to part: feminine singular
إرلانديين شماليين applies to part: masculine plural
إرلانديات شماليات applies to part: feminine plural
Nordirlandesi applies to part: masculine plural
Country: United Kingdom
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Sources
1.Stated in archINFORMRetrieved 2018-11-05
2.Stated in Brockhaus EnzyklopädieRetrieved 2021-05-31
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Shares border with: Ireland
County Cavan
County Donegal
County Leitrim
County Monaghan
County Louth
Legislative body: Northern Ireland Assembly
Time zone: UTC+00:00 valid in period: standard time
Europe/Belfast
UTC+01:00 valid in period: daylight saving time
Located in: United Kingdom
Contains the administrative territorial entity: Fermanagh and Omagh
Derry City and Strabane
Mid Ulster
Causeway Coast and Glens
Mid and East Antrim
Antrim and Newtownabbey
Ards and North Down
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
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Lisburn and Castlereagh
Newry, Mourne and Down
Belfast
Permanent duplicated item: Q25690650
Q109217906
Q109217993
Office held by the head of government: First Minister of Northern Ireland
deputy First Minister
Executive body: Northern Ireland Executive
Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Northern Ireland
Geography of topic: geography of Northern Ireland
Wikimedia outline: outline of Northern Ireland
Geoshape: Data:Northern Ireland.map
Has seal, badge, or sigil: Great Seal of Northern Ireland
Part of: Ireland
Patron saint: Saint Patrick
Located in/on physical feature: Ireland
Replaces: Ireland
Native label: Northern Ireland
Tuaisceart Éireann
Official name: Northern Ireland
Tuaisceart Éireann
Northren Ireland
Highest point: Slieve Donard elevation: 850 m
Different from: Ulster
Ireland
Ireland
Economy of topic: economy of Northern Ireland
Demographics of topic: demographics of Northern Ireland
Territory overlaps: Ulster
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Sources
1.Stated in Brockhaus EnzyklopädieRetrieved 2021-05-31
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Related category: Category:Northern Ireland-related lists category contains: Wikimedia list article
Flag: none statement is subject of: Northern Ireland flags issue
Language used: Ulster English
Shelta
Ulster Scots
Ulster Irish
languages of Northern Ireland
Most populous urban area: Belfast
Commonwealth Sport country code: NIR

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150 identifiers linking Northern Ireland across the web's reference databases

54.6075, -6.6925OpenStreetMap ↗

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