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Altnagelvin () is a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is also the name of an electoral ward in Derry and Strabane district. Formerly a small village, it has been absorbed into the Waterside neighbourhood of Derry. Within Altnagelvin is Altnagelvin Area Hospital, a large hospital that serves most of the county.

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{{Infobox settlement | name = Altnagelvin | type = townland | native_name = | translit_lang1 = Irish | translit_lang1_type = Derivation: | translit_lang1_info = | translit_lang1_type1 = Meaning: | translit_lang1_info1 = "Glen/height of the sparrows" | image_skyline = Altnagelvin Junction.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Altnagelvin Junction, which in 2004 saw 12930 vehicles pass through every day. Altnagelvin Area Hospital is in the background. | image_map = | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Northern Ireland#United Kingdom | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_label = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = Altnagelvin shown within Northern Ireland | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | area_total_ha = 118.69 | area_total_acre = 293.30

| population_footnotes = <!-- for references: use is a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is also the name of an electoral ward in Derry and Strabane district. Formerly a small village, it has been absorbed into the Waterside neighbourhood of Derry. Within Altnagelvin is Altnagelvin Area Hospital, a large hospital that serves most of the county.

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