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County Tyrone is one of the six counties that make up Northern Ireland, located on the island of Ireland. It matters as part of the political and geographic division of Ireland, and plays a role in Northern Ireland's administration and identity.
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- Population
- 177986
- Area
- 3155
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- County Tyrone
- catalog code
- TYN
- P8168
- Weifang
- P12749
- ununennium
- native label
- Tír Eoghain
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County Tyrone (/tɪˈroʊn/; from Irish Tír Eoghain, meaning 'land of Eoghan' [tʲiːɾʲ ˈoːnʲ]) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. Its county town is Omagh.
Adjoined to the south-west shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 1,261 square miles (3,266 km), making it the largest of Northern Ireland's six counties by size, and the second largest county in Ulster after Donegal. With a population of 188,383 as of the 2021 census, Tyrone is the 5th most populous county in both Northern Ireland and Ulster, and the 11th most populous county on the island of Ireland. The county derives its name and general geographic location from Tír Eoghain, a Gaelic kingdom under the O'Neill dynasty which existed until the 17th century.