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County Londonderry

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Also known as Derry, Londonderry, County Derry

county of Northern Ireland

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County Londonderry is a county located in Northern Ireland, part of the island of Ireland. It matters as an administrative division within Northern Ireland and as a region with its own distinct identity and history.

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Wikidata facts

Capital
Derry
Population
247132
Area
2074
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Body of water
Lough Foyle
Shares border with
County Antrim
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Commons category
County Londonderry
category for people born here
Category:Births in County Londonderry
inception
1613-00-00
catalog code
LDR
topic's main category
Category:County Londonderry
native label
Doire
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Encyclopedic overview

County Londonderry, also known as County Derry, is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, the nine counties of the province of Ulster, and the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Before the partition of Ireland, it was one of the counties of the Kingdom of Ireland from 1613 onward and then of the United Kingdom after the Acts of Union 1800. Adjoining the north-west shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 2,118 km (818 mi) and today has a population of about 252,231.

Since 1972, the counties in Northern Ireland, including Londonderry, are no longer used for local administration. Following the most recent local government reforms, in 2015, the area of the traditional county is now governed under three different districts: Derry and Strabane, Causeway Coast and Glens and Mid-Ulster. Despite no longer being used for local government and administrative purposes, it is sometimes used in a cultural context in All-Ireland sporting and cultural events (e.g. Derry GAA).

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

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