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Belfast (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 54 35 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.5833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 005 56 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -5.9333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on River Lagan; grew around 12th-cen. castle, destroyed 1315; controlled by O'Neil, Earls of Tryone 13th-17th cen.; center of linen industry by 17th cen.; violence between Catholics & Protestants since 1969 has decreased population & industry. |
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| Belfast (preferred,C,V,English-P,U)
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| Belfast County Borough (NA,V,English,U)
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| בלפסט (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Béal Feirste (H,V,English,U)
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Belfast (local council) (P) |
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Belfast (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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inahited in Stone Age |
| city (C) |
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since 1888 |
| capital (C) |
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of the country of Northern Ireland since 1920 |
| industrial center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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