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  2. Northern Ireland - Wikipedia

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    The centrepiece of Northern Ireland's geography is Lough Neagh, at 151 square miles (391 km 2) the largest freshwater lake both on the island of Ireland and in the British Isles. A second extensive lake system is centred on Lower and Upper Lough Erne in Fermanagh.

  3. Outline of Northern Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Northern Ireland was created as a distinct division of the United Kingdom on 3 May 1921 under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, [3] although its constitutional roots lie in the 1800 Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland. Northern Ireland was for many years the site of a violent and bitter ethno-political conflict – the Troubles ...

  4. United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Northern Ireland, separated from Great Britain by the Irish Sea and North Channel, has an area of 5,470 square miles (14,160 km 2) and is mostly hilly. It includes Lough Neagh which, at 150 square miles (388 km 2 ), is the largest lake in the British Isles by area, [ 159 ] Lough Erne which has over 150 islands and the Giant's Causeway which is ...

  5. List of Irish counties by area - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the counties of Ireland ordered by area. Counties in the Republic of Ireland are shown in normal type, while those in Northern Ireland are listed in italic type. The 32 traditional counties of Ireland

  6. Geography of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Ireland has 12,000 km 2 (about 4,600 sq miles) of bog land, [95] consisting of two distinct types: blanket bogs and raised bogs. There is also a modest amount of surviving fen, a related landform. [96]: 5–12 Raised bogs, most commonly found in the Shannon basin, are scarcer than blanket bogs.

  7. List of European countries by area - Wikipedia

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    As a continent, Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [2] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between Europe and Asia. Inland water is included in area numbers.

  8. Lough Neagh - Wikipedia

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    Of the 1,760-square-mile (4,550 km 2) catchment area, around 9% lies in the Republic of Ireland and 91% in Northern Ireland; [9] altogether 43% of the land area of Northern Ireland is drained into the lough, [10] which itself flows out northwards to the sea via the River Bann. As one of its sources is the Upper Bann, the Lough can itself be ...

  9. Demographics of Northern Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Northern Ireland is the smallest of the four parts of the United Kingdom in terms of both area and population, containing 2.9% of the total population and 5.7% of the total area of the United Kingdom. It is the smaller of the two political entities on the island of Ireland by area and population, the other being the Republic of Ireland ...