Armagh City & District
Geography
Area - Total - % Water	Ranked 6th 671 km² ? %
Admin HQ	Armagh
ISO 3166-2	GB-ARM
ONS code	95O
Demographics
Population - Total (2005) - Density	Ranked 14th 55,755 83 / km²
Community	Protestant: 50.0% Catholic: 48.7%
Politics
Armagh City & District Council http://www.armagh.gov.uk/
MPs	Conor Murphy

The Armagh City and District Council is a local council in County Armagh in Northern Ireland. Its area includes the city of Armagh, as well as the surrounding area and the population of the council area is about 54,000. City status was officially conferred in 1995. Armagh has a long reputation as an administrative centre and currently located in the city are the headquarters of the Southern Education and Library Board and the Southern Health Board. The Armagh Outreach Centre was established in 1995 and is linked to the Queen's University of Belfast. The heads of both the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland and the Church of Ireland reside in the city which was established by St Patrick as the Christian capital of Ireland. It has some important Georgian architecture. File links The following pages link to this file: Armagh City and District Council Categories: GFDL images ... This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... This is a list of Local Councils in Northern Ireland by area. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... The ISO 3166-2 codes for the United Kingdom correspond to the nations administrative divisions. ... The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per volume. ... This is a list of Local Councils in Northern Ireland by population. ... This is a list of Local Councils in Northern Ireland by Protestant / Catholic community make-up In the 2001 decennial census, the Census Office for Northern Ireland (CONI) asked a new question to attempt to achieve a more accurate depiction of the balance of the mainly Unionist Protestant and mainly... Arms of Armagh City and District Council This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... Conor Murphy (born 10 July 1963, Newry) is the main Sinn Fein representative for the Newry and Armagh constituency in Northern Ireland, which he represents as its MP and one of its six Member of the Legislative Assembly. ... County Armagh (Contae Ard Mhacha in Irish) is a county in Ulster, Ireland. ... Motto: (French for God and my right)2 Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (De facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (De facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Office suspended... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Historically, city status was associated with the presence of a cathedral, such as York Minster. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Southern Education and Library Board (or SELB) is a board providing education and library services in the southern districts of Northern Ireland: namely the district councils of Armagh, Banbridge, Cookstown, Craigavon, Dungannon and South Tyrone, and Newry and Mourne. ... The Queens University of Belfast (QUB) is a university in Belfast, Northern Ireland; the university is often called Queens University Belfast. ... Catholic Church redirects here. ... Church of Ireland The Church of Ireland (Irish: Eaglais na hÉireann) is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion, operating seamlessly across the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ... Statue of Saint Patrick Saint Patrick (died March 17, 462, 492, or 493), is the patron saint of Ireland. ... A Georgian house in Salisbury Georgian architecture at Royal Crescent, Bath, seen from a hot air balloon. ...

The Armagh City and District Council area consists of four electoral areas: Armagh City, Cusher, Crossmore and The Orchard from which 22 Councillors are elected for a period of four years by proportional representation. At the last election in 2005 members were elected from the following political parties: 6 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 6 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 5 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and 5 Sinn Féin. The current Mayor is Councillor Eric Speers (UUP) and Deputy Mayor is Councillor John Campbell (SDLP). Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation, or PR), is an electoral system delivering a close match between the percentage of votes that the political parties obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive in legislative assemblies. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other political parties named Democratic Unionist Party, see Democratic Unionist Party (disambiguation). ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party ) is a moderate unionist political party in Northern Ireland, which formed its government between 1921 and 1972 and was supported by most unionists throughout the Troubles. ... Sinn Féin (pronounced in English, in Irish) is a name used by a series of Irish political movements of the 20th century, each of which claimed sole descent from the original party established by Arthur Griffith in 1905. ...

The next election is due to take place in May 2009.

Together with part of the district of Newry and Mourne, it forms the Newry & Armagh constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly. Newry and Mourne District Council is a Local Council in Northern Ireland covering an area including much of the south of County Armagh and the south of County Down and has a population of 87,000. ... Newry and Armagh is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly is a six flowered linen or flax plant, chosen for the plants historical economic importance to the region. ...

See also

• Local Councils in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is divided into 26 Local Council areas. ...

External links

• Visit Armagh

Districts of Northern Ireland
Subdivisions created by the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971
Antrim | Ards | Armagh | Ballymena | Ballymoney | Banbridge | Belfast | Carrickfergus | Castlereagh | Coleraine | Cookstown | Craigavon | Derry | Down | Dungannon and South Tyrone | Fermanagh | Larne | Limavady | Lisburn | Magherafelt | Moyle | Newry and Mourne | Newtownabbey | North Down | Omagh | Strabane