Belfast metropolitan area
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The Belfast metropolitan area, also known as Greater Belfast, is a grouping of council areas which include commuter towns and overspill from Belfast, Northern Ireland, with a population of 672,522 in 2011, combining the Belfast, Lisburn, Newtownabbey, North Down, Castlereagh and Carrickfergus districts. This equates to 37.1% of Northern Ireland's population.
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Belfast Metropolitan Area | |
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Metropolitan area | |
Coordinates: 54°35′49″N 5°55′48″W | |
Sovereign State | United Kingdom |
Constituent Country | Northern Ireland |
District | |
County | County Antrim / County Down |
Government | |
• UK Parliament | |
Area | |
• Total | 370 sq mi (960 km2) |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (BST (WEST)) |
Area code | 028 |
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