Omagh (District)

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Omagh District
Ceantar na hÓmaí
Republik Irland Schottland Moyle Coleraine Limavady Derry Ballymoney Larne Strabane Carrickfergus North Down Belfast Castlereagh Ards Down Ballymena Antrim Newtownabbey Lisburn Banbridge Craigavon Newry and Mourne Armagh Magherafelt Cookstown Omagh Dungannon and South Tyrone FermanaghLocation in Northern Ireland
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geography
Traditional county County Tyrone
surface 1,130 km²
Administrative headquarters Omagh
ISO 3166-2 GB-OMH
Demographics
population 51,830 (2012)
density 46 inhabitants / km²
Denominations Protestants 24.8%
Catholics 65.4%

Omagh ( Irish An Ómaigh ) was one of the 26 Northern Irish districts that existed from 1973 to 2015. The district was in traditional County Tyrone . Important places were the administrative headquarters Omagh as well as Drumquin , Dromore , Trillick , Fintona , Beragh , Carrickmore and Sixmilecross . On April 1, 2015, he went on in the new District Fermanagh and Omagh .

Omagh Council

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

Political party 2011 result Change from 2005
Seats be right Seats be right
  Sinn Féin 10 46.9% 0 2.3%
  Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 3 16.4% 0 −0.3%
  Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 3 14.3% 0 1.3%
  Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP) 3 13.3% 0 −6.0%
  Alliance Party 0 1.5% 0 1.5%
  Independent 2 7.6% 0 1.4%

See also

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 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  W.