Greater Belfast
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Greater Belfast, also known as the Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area, is an area surrounding and including Belfast in Northern Ireland.
It generally is taken to include North Down, Lisburn, Castlereagh and parts of South Antrim including Newtownabbey and Whiteabbey. Greater Belfast is the largest metropolitan area in Northern Ireland, or second largest in Ireland (after Greater Dublin).
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[edit] Population
- 2001 - 579,276 (Census)
- 2005 - 647,120 (Estimate)
- 2006 - 662,395 (Calculation) [1]
[edit] Wards of East Belfast
- Ballyhackamore
- Ballymacarrett
- Belmont
- Bloomfield Not to be confused with Bloomfield, Bangor
- Carrowreagh
- Cherryvalley
- Cregagh
- Downshire
- Dundonald
- Enler
- Gilnahirk
- Graham's Bridge
- Knock
- Lisnasharragh
- Lower Braniel Braniel
- Orangefield
- Stormont
- The Mount, Belfast
- Tullycarnet
- Upper Braniel Braniel
- Woodstock, Belfast
[edit] Wards of West Belfast
- Andersonstown
- Beechmount
- Clonard
- Collin Glen
- Falls
- Falls Park See Falls above, also Falls Road
- Dunmurry
- Glencairn
- Glen Road
- Glencolin
- Highfield
- Kilwee
- Ladybrook
- Poleglass
- Shankill Colloquially, Shankill Road or The Shankill
- Twinbrook
- Upper Springfield
- Whiterocks
[edit] Wards of North Belfast
- Ardoyne
- Ballyhenry
- Bellevue
- Castleview
- Cavehill
- Chichester Park
- Cliftonville
- Cloughfern
- Collinbridge
- Coole
- Crumlin
- Dunanney
- Fortwilliam
- Glebe, Belfast Not to be confused with Glebe, County Tyrone
- Glengormley
- Hightown
- Legoniel
- Newlodge
- Valley
- Water Works
- Whiteabbey
- Whitehouse
- Woodvale
[edit] Wards of South Belfast
- Botanic
- Beechill
- Blackstaff
- Cairnshill
- Carryduff East
- Carryduff West
- Finaghy
- Galwally
- Hillfoot
- Knockbracken
- Malone Colloquially, Malone Road
- Minnowburn
- Musgrave
- Newtownbreda
- Rallynafeigh
- Ravenhill
- Rosetta
- Shaftesbury
- Stranmillis
- Upper Malone
- Woodstock
- Windsor
- Wynchurch
[edit] Postcodes of Greater Belfast
Belfast City Centre:
- BT1 North of Belfast City Hall
- BT2 South of Belfast City Hall
- BT3 Industrial district
East & South East of Belfast City Hall:
- BT4 East Belfast
- BT5 East Belfast / Castlereagh
- BT6 East Belfast / Castlereagh
South & South West of Belfast City Hall:
- BT7 South Belfast
- BT8 South Belfast
- BT9 South Belfast
West South West & West of Belfast City Hall:
- BT10 South Belfast
- BT11 West Belfast
- BT12 West Belfast
West North West & North of Belfast City Hall:
- BT13 West Belfast
- BT14 West Belfast
- BT15 West Belfast
[edit] See also
- Belfast City Centre
- Belfast City Hall
- Castlereagh
- North Belfast
- East Belfast
- South Belfast
- West Belfast
- Boxing the compass
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