Newtownabbey (Borough)

Newtownabbey Borough Buirg Bhaile na Mainistreach
geography
Traditional county	County Antrim
surface	151 km²
Administrative headquarters	Newtownabbey
ISO 3166-2	GB-NTA
Demographics
population	85,322 (2012)
density	565 inhabitants / km²
Denominations	Protestants 57.8% Catholics 19.9%

Newtownabbey ( Irish Baile na Mainistreach ) was one of the 26 Northern Irish districts that existed from 1973 to 2015. The district, whose area was in the traditional County of Antrim , was established in 1973 and had the status of a borough . On April 1, 2015, he went on in the new District Antrim and Newtownabbey .

It included the northern suburbs of Belfast . Important places were the administrative headquarters of Newtownabbey , Ballyclare , Glengormley and Jordanstown .

Newtownabbey was a partner district of Gilbert in the US state of Arizona .

Newtownabbey Council

The election to Newtownabbey Council on May 11, 2011 resulted in the following:

Political party		2011 result		Change from 2005
		Seats	be right	Seats	be right
	Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	12	43.5%	0	−0.4%
	Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	5	19.7%	−1	−3.6%
	Alliance Party	5	16.4%	3	8.4%
	Sinn Féin	2	9.6%	1	3.7%
	Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP)	1	5.3%	0	−0.8%
	Others	0	2.2%	−3	−7.6%

See also

• Administrative division of Northern Ireland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Northern Ireland Population Estimates 2012 (XLS file)
2. ↑ Northern Ireland Census 2011: Religion (administrative geographies)
3. ^ Election result on BBC News (accessed July 26, 2011)

Coordinates: 54 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  N , 5 ° 56 ′ 0 ″  W.