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The Belfast Metropolitan Area is a grouping of councils which include commuter towns and overspill from Belfast, Northern Ireland. The area was first officially classified as a Metropolitan area in the late 1990's when the Government began to prepare for a cohesive plan that would include the Belfast Region. When the six councils were identified as the key areas within the Metropolitan Area the entire region then became classified as the Belfast Metropolitan Area.

The Area is made up of established towns, their overspill and the general con-joining of settlements as Belfast expands. Established towns include Carrickfergus, Bangor, Lisburn, Hillsborough and Holywood. Many of these towns were established and important long before Belfast rose to prominence; Carrickfergus for example was the Norman capital of the Northern part of Ireland. The recent re-classification of Lisburn as a city does not change it's position within the Metropolitan Area. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Greater Belfast is an area surrounding and including Belfast in Northern Ireland. ... During late Gaelic and early historic times Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the tuatha. ... Statistics Area: 24,481 km² Population (2006 estimate) 1,993,918 Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh, IPA: ) forms one of the four traditional provinces of Ireland. ... 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Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official languages English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, Northern Ireland Sign Language, Irish Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Office... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Hillsborough or Hillsboro is the name of a number of cities and counties, taking their names directly or indirectly from Hillsborough, England (see below). ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ...

See also

• Greater Belfast
• List of metropolitan areas of the United Kingdom