Magherafelt (District)
| Magherafelt District Ceantar Mhachaire Fíolta |
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| geography | |
| Traditional county | County Londonderry |
| surface | 573 km² |
| Administrative headquarters | Magherafelt |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-MFT |
| Demographics | |
| population | 45,450 (2012) |
| density | 79 people / km² |
| Denominations |
Protestants: 28.3% Catholics: 62.4% |
| Homepage www.magherafelt.gov.uk |
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Magherafelt ( Irish Machaire Fíolta ) was one of the 26 Northern Irish districts that existed from 1973 to 2015. The district was in the traditional county of Londonderry . Important places in the borough were the city of Magherafelt , which was also the administrative seat, as well as Bellaghy and Castledawson . On April 1, 2015, it went on in the new District Mid Ulster .
Magherafelt Council
The election to the Magherafelt 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 | ||
| Sinn Féin | 9 | 48.4% | 1 | 1.7% | |
| Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) | 3 | 16.3% | −1 | −6.9% | |
| Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP) | 2 | 15.9% | 0 | −2.6% | |
| Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) | 2 | 9.8% | 0 | 3.6% | |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 0 | 5.3% | 0 | 5.3% | |
| Others | 0 | 4.2% | 0 | 4.2% | |
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)
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Coordinates: 54 ° 45 ′ 19 ″ N , 6 ° 36 ′ 29 ″ W.