Northern Ireland consists of six
counties:
County Antrim,
County Armagh,
County Down,
County Fermanagh,
County Londonderry and
County Tyrone,
These counties are no longer used for local government purposes;
instead there are twenty-six districts of Northern Ireland which
have different geographical extents, even in the case of those named
after the counties from which they derive their name. Fermanagh
District Council most closely follows the borders of the county from
which it takes its name. Coleraine Borough Council, on the other
hand, derives its name from the town of Coleraine in County
Londonderry.
Although counties are no longer used for governmental purpose, they
remain a popular means of describing where places are. They are
officially used while applying for an Irish Passport, which requires
the applicant to state their 'County of Birth' - which then appears
in both Irish and English on the Passport's information page, as
opposed to the town or city of birth on the United Kingdom Passport.
The county boundaries still appear on Ordnance Survey of Northern
Ireland Maps and the Phillips Street Atlases, among others. With
their decline in official use, there is often confusion surrounding
towns and cities which lie near county boundaries, such as Belfast
and Lisburn, which are split between counties Down and Antrim (the
majorities of both cities, however, are in Antrim)
Cities
There are 5 major settlements with city status in Northern Ireland:
Armagh,
Belfast,
Derry,
Lisburn and Newry.
Towns and villages
Towns in Northern Ireland and Villages in Northern
Ireland
Ahoghill, Antrim, Annalong, Annaclone,
Ballycastle, Ballyclare, Ballykelly, Ballymena, Ballymoney,
Ballynahinch, Banbridge, Bangor, Bushmills,
Carnmoney, Carrickfergus, Castledawson, Castlerock, Coalisland,
Comber, Coleraine, Cookstown, Craigavon, Crossmaglen, Crumlin,,
Corbet, Cushendall,
Donaghadee, Downpatrick, Dromore, Dundonald, Dungannon, Dungiven,
Dromore, Donaghcloney,
Enniskillen,
Glengormley, Garvagh, Gilford,
Garrison,
Hillsborough, Holywood,
Kilkeel,
Larne, Limavady, Lurgan, Loughbrickland,
Magherafelt, Macosquin,
Newcastle, Newtownards, Newtownstewart,
Omagh,
Portrush, Portstewart, Portadown, Portaferry, Poyntzpass,
Portballintrae,
Rasharkin, Rathfriland,
Strabane, Scarva, Seapatrick and Warrenpoint,
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