2006-10-02 08:25:12 · 19 answers · asked by richdrury2001 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
The capital of Northern Ireland is BELFAST
2006-10-02 08:27:07 · answer #1 · answered by ljcraigboy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is a city in the United Kingdom and the capital of Northern Ireland. It is the largest city in Northern Ireland and the province of Ulster, and after Dublin, is the second-largest city on the island of Ireland. In the 2001 census the population within the city limits (the Belfast Urban Area) was 276,459, while 579,276 people lived in the Greater Belfast area (the Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area).[1] The city is situated near the mouth of the River Lagan at the south-western end of Belfast Lough, a long natural inlet ideal for the shipping trade that made the city famous. It is flanked by the Castlereagh Hills on the south and the Antrim Hills on the north. The city straddles the County Antrim and County Down boundary.
The name Belfast originates from the Irish Béal Feirste, or 'mouth of the Farset' (feirste is the genitive of the word fearsaid, "a spindle"), the river on which the city was built. The river Farset has been superseded by the River Lagan as the more important river; the Farset now languishes under the High Street in obscurity. Bridge Street indicates where there was originally a bridge across the Farset.
2006-10-02 08:34:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland.
2006-10-02 08:27:29 · answer #3 · answered by dawncs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Belfast
Dublin is the capital of Southern Ireland
2006-10-02 08:27:31 · answer #4 · answered by Trish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is the largest city in and capital of both Northern Ireland and Ulster, and the second largest city in Ireland. While the actual population within the city limits is c. 275,000, upwards of three-quarters of a million people live in the Greater Belfast area. It is situated at the south-western end of Belfast Lough, a long natural inlet ideal for the shipping trade that made the city famous, and near the mouth of the River Lagan. ...
2006-10-02 08:32:15 · answer #5 · answered by x-x-x 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BELFAST is the official capital of Northern Ireland, but if you are talking about the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" (UK) then the answer is LONDON.
2006-10-02 08:38:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Belfast
2006-10-02 09:05:00 · answer #7 · answered by Safety First 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Belfast
2006-10-02 08:32:55 · answer #8 · answered by oxygenO 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Belfast
2006-10-02 08:32:17 · answer #9 · answered by Phil H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Belfast
2006-10-02 08:28:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋