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County Westmeath
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county in Ireland
County Westmeath is a county located in Ireland, situated in the midlands region of the country. It is one of Ireland's 32 counties and serves as an administrative division with its own local governance and cultural identity.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county of Ireland
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- Leinster
- Capital
- Mullingar
- Population
- 88396
- Area
- 1840.0
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Shares border with
- County Cavan
- Licence plate code
- WH
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- Commons category
- County Westmeath
- topic's main category
- Category:County Westmeath
- Commons gallery
- County Westmeath
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in County Westmeath
- category of associated people
- Category:People from County Westmeath
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- historic county
- County Westmeath
- inception
- 1542-11-25
- topic has template
- Template:County Westmeath
- P8168
- Şavşat
- P11012
- light-year
- P12749
- Friedrich Oskar Giesel
- native label
- An Iarmhí
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Encyclopedic overview
County Westmeath (/wɛstˈmiːð/; Irish: Contae na hIarmhí or simply An Iarmhí) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It formed part of the historic Kingdom of Meath, which was named Mide because the kingdom was located in the geographical centre of Ireland (the word Mide meaning 'middle'). Westmeath County Council is the administrative body for the county, and the county town is Mullingar. At the 2022 census, the population of the county was 95,840.
History
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