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Encyclopedia > Down District Council
Down District
Image:NorthernIrelandDownBorough.png
Geography
Area:
- Total
- % Water		 Ranked 7th
647 km²
? %
Admin HQ: Downpatrick
ISO 3166-2: GB-DOW
ONS code: 95R
Demographics
Population:
- Total (April 29, 2001)
- Density		 Ranked 10th
63,828
99 / km²
Community: Protestant: 35.5%
Catholic: 61.9%
Politics
Down District Council
http://www.downdc.gov.uk
MPs: Iris Robinson
Eddie McGrady

Down District Council is a Local Council in County Down in Northern Ireland. The Council is headquartered in Downpatrick. Other towns in the Council area are Ardglass, Ballynahinch, Castlewellan, Clough, Crossgar, Dundrum, Killough, Killyleagh, Newcastle, Saintfield, Seaforde and Strangford. It covers a population of nearly 64,000. This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... This is a list of Local Councils in Northern Ireland by area. ... (Redirected from 1 E8 m2) 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. ... Downpatrick (Dún Phádraig in Irish, meaning Fort of Patrick) is a town in County Down in Northern Ireland with about 10,000 inhabitants. ... 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. ... In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... This is a list of Local Councils in Northern Ireland by population (census April 29, 2001 [1]). See also: Local Councils in Northern Ireland Local Councils in Northern Ireland by area Local Councils in Northern Ireland by community make-up ... 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... This is a list of MPs elected to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Third Parliament of the United Kingdom at the UK general election, 2001, arranged by constituency. ... Iris Robinson (born September 6, 1949 in Belfast) is a Northern Ireland unionist politician. ... Edward Kevin McGrady (born June 3, 1935) is a Northern Ireland nationalist politician. ... County Down, (An Dún in Irish) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, covering an area of 2,448 km² (945 square miles). ... Northern Ireland is an administrative region and one of four parts of the United Kingdom. ... Downpatrick (Dún Phádraig in Irish, meaning Fort of Patrick) is a town in County Down in Northern Ireland with about 10,000 inhabitants. ... Ardglass (Ard glas in Irish, meaning green high place) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland and still a relatively important fishing harbour. ... Ballynahinch (Irish: An Baile Meanach) is a market town in County Down, Northern Ireland and with Newcastle and Downpatrick one of the three largest towns of Down District. ... Castlewellan is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland, situated beside Castlewellan Lake and Slievenaslat mountain 25km south west of Downpatrick. ... Crossgar is a small village approx 15 miles south of Belfast in Northern Ireland. ... Dundrum is the name of several towns in Ireland: Dundrum in County Down, Northern Ireland Dundrum in Dublin city, Republic of Ireland Dundrum in County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Killyleagh (Cill Uí Laoigh in Irish, meaning Church of the descendants of heroes) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Newcastle (An Caislean Nua in Irish) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Saintfield is a town located in mid-County Down situated roughly halfway between Belfast and Downpatrick on the A7 road running east to west across the A7 is the B6 road to the west of the crossroads is main street which takes you towards Lisburn and Ballynahinch and to the...


The Down District Council area consists of 4 electoral areas: Ballynahinch, Downpatrick, Newcastle and Rowallane. At the last election in 2001 23 Councillors were elected from the following political parties: 9 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 6 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 4 Sinn Fein, 2 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 1 Green Party and 1 Independent. The current Council Chairman is Councillor Robert Burgess (UUP) and the Vice Chair is Councillor Carmel O'Boyle (SDLP). 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... Sinn Féin (in the Irish language ourselves or we ourselves; not as sometimes incorrectly translated, ourselves alone) is an Irish political party. ... The Democratic Unionist Party is a hardline Unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ... This article is about the green parties around the world. ...


The next elections are due to take place in May 2005.


In elections for the Westminster Parliament it is split between the Strangford constituency and the South Down constituency. 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). ... Strangford is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... South Down is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ...


See also

External links

  • KingdomsOfDown.com  (http://www.kingdomsofdown.com/) - official tourism website
  • Down County Museum (http://www.downcountymuseum.com/)


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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 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... A true colour image of Ireland, captured by a NASA satellite on January 4, 2003. ... Northern Ireland is an administrative region and one of four parts of the United Kingdom. ... Northern Ireland is divided into 26 Local Council areas. ... The Armagh City and District Council is a Local Council in County Armagh in Northern Ireland. ... Ballymoney Borough Council is a Local Council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. ... Derry City Council is a Local Council in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. ...

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DOWN DISTRICT COUNCIL : Encyclopedia Entry (157 words)
Down District Council is a Local Council in County Down in Northern Ireland.
The current Council Chairman is Councillor Robert Burgess (UUP) and the Vice Chair is Councillor Carmel O'Boyle (SDLP).
In elections for the Westminster Parliament it is split between the Strangford constituency and the South Down constituency.
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