Strabane (District)
| Strabane District Ceantar to tSratha Báin |
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| geography | |
| Traditional county | County Tyrone |
| surface | 862 km² |
| Administrative headquarters | Strabane |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-STB |
| Demographics | |
| population | 40,033 (2012) |
| density | 46 inhabitants / km² |
| Denominations |
Protestants 30.8% Catholics 60.1% |
Strabane ( Irish An Srath Bán ) 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 Strabane as well as Plumbridge , Newtownstewart , Donemana , Sion Mills and Castlederg . On April 1, 2015, it went up in the new Derry and Strabane district .
Strabane Council
The election to the Strabane Council on May 11, 2011 resulted in the following:
| Political party | 2011 result | Change from 2005 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | be right | Seats | be right | ||
| Sinn Féin | 8th | 39.3% | 0 | −2.4% | |
| Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) | 4th | 23.2% | 1 | 1.0% | |
| Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) | 1 | 13.6% | −1 | −0.5% | |
| Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP) | 1 | 9.2% | −1 | −6.7% | |
| Independent | 2 | 10.8% | 1 | 5.2% | |
| Others | 0 | 3.8% | 0 | 3.5% | |
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)
Antrim | Ards | Armagh | Ballymena | Ballymoney | Banbridge | Belfast | Carrickfergus | Castlereagh | Coleraine | Cookstown | Craigavon | Derry | Down | Dungannon and South Tyrone | Fermanagh | Larne | Limavady | Lisburn | Magherafelt | Moyle | Newry and Morne | Newtownabbey | North Down | Omagh | Strabane
Coordinates: 54 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ N , 7 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ W.