Mid Ulster (District)
| Mid Ulster Irish : Ceantar Lár Uladh Ulster Scots : Mid Ulstèr Destrict |
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 Location of Mid Ulster in Northern Ireland |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Part of the country | Northern Ireland |
| District | Mid Ulster |
| Seat | Cookstown , Dungannon and Magherafelt |
| surface | 1827 km² |
| Residents | 144,000 (2015) |
| density | 79 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | April 1, 2015 |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-MUL |
| Website | www.midulstercouncil.org (English) |
| politics | |
| Chairman | Thomas Wilson |
| Political party | UUP |
Coordinates: 54 ° 40 ′ N , 6 ° 41 ′ W
Mid Ulster ( Irish Ceantar Lár Uladh ) is a district in Northern Ireland . It was formed on April 1, 2015 from the districts of Magherafelt and Cookstown and the borough of Dungannon and South Tyrone . It is administered by the Mid Ulster District Council .
location
The new District encompasses the southeast of County Londonderry , the southeast of County Tyrone, and a small strip of northwest County Armagh . The west coast of Lough Neagh belongs to it and it borders Ireland's County Monaghan in the south . There are 94,284 eligible voters in this district. The name was announced on September 17, 2008.
administration
The Mid Ulster District Council replaced the Magherafelt District Council , Cookstown District Council, and Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council . The first elections for the District Council were supposed to take place in May 2009, but 25 April 2008 announced Shaun Woodward , Minister of Northern Ireland that the elections in 2011 were postponed. The first elections actually took place on May 22, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ^ Provisional Recommendations of the District Electoral Areas Commissioner for Northern Ireland . Retrieved on October 7, 2015. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Northern Ireland elections are postponed , BBC News (April 25, 2008). Retrieved October 8, 2015.
