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Coalisland is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, with a population of 6,323 in the 2021 census. The town is 4 miles from Lough Neagh, it was formerly a centre for coal mining.

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Place details

Locality
Coalisland
Region
Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
Country
United Kingdom
Population
6,323
Timezone
Europe/London

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

UK place.official_name
Coalisland
UK place.irish_name
Oileán an Ghuail
UK place.scots_name
Collislann
UK place.static_image_name
Coalisland heading south.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
View from the north of the town
UK place.map_type
Ireland
UK place.label_position
none
UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
Mid Ulster
UK place.population
6323
UK place.population_ref
(2021 census)
UK place.country
Northern Ireland
UK place.post_town
DUNGANNON
UK place.postcode_area
BT
UK place.postcode_district
BT71
UK place.dial_code
028
UK place.constituency_westminster
Mid Ulster
UK place.constituency_ni_assembly
Mid Ulster
UK place.lieutenancy_northern_ireland
County Tyrone

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Located in
Mid Ulster
Population
5682
Image
Main Street, Coalisland - geograph.org.uk - 1413033.jpg
Dialing code
028
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Commons category
Coalisland
postal code
BT71
historic county
County Tyrone
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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Origins
  • Twentieth century
  • The Troubles
  • Transport
  • Arts and culture
  • Education
  • Sport
  • Demography
  • 19th century population
  • Census 2011
  • People
  • See also
  • References

Coalisland is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, with a population of 6,323 in the 2021 census. The town is 4 miles from Lough Neagh, it was formerly a centre for coal mining.

==History== thumb|250px|Coalisland in the early 1900s

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coalisland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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