Down (District)
Down District Ceantar to Dúin |
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geography | |
Traditional county | County Down |
surface | 647 km² |
Administrative headquarters | Downpatrick |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-DOW |
Demographics | |
population | 70,440 (2012) |
density | 109 inhabitants / km² |
Denominations |
Protestants 27.1% Catholics 57.5% |
Down ( Irish An Dún ) was one of the 26 Northern Irish districts that existed from 1973 to 2015 and comprised part of the traditional county of Down . In the district, in addition to the administrative headquarters Downpatrick, were the places Ardglass , Ballynahinch , Castlewellan , Clough , Crossgar , Dundrum , Killough , Killyleagh , Newcastle , Saintfield , Seaforde and Strangford . On April 1, 2015, it went up in the new District of Newry, Morne and Down .
Down Council
The election to the Down Council on May 11, 2011 resulted in the following:
Political party | 2011 result | Change from 2005 | |||
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Seats | be right | Seats | be right | ||
Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP) | 9 | 34.2% | −1 | −3.3% | |
Sinn Féin | 5 | 22.9% | 0 | −0.2% | |
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) | 3 | 16.4% | 0 | 0.1% | |
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) | 3 | 13.2% | −1 | −4.1% | |
Alliance Party | 1 | 4.9% | 1 | 2.8% | |
Green party | 1 | 4.1% | 0 | 0.8% | |
Independent | 1 | 4.3% | 1 | 4.3% |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Northern Ireland Population Estimates 2012 (XLS file)
- ↑ Northern Ireland Census 2011: Religion (administrative geographies)
- ^ Election result on BBC News (accessed July 26, 2011)
Coordinates: 54 ° 19 ′ 19 ″ N , 5 ° 42 ′ 11 ″ W.