The capital, largest city and main port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the river Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel. It is the most populous city in Northern Ireland and the second-largest on the island of Ireland after Dublin, with a recorded population of 345,418 in 2021 and 704,406 across its greater metropolitan area.
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Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Connections
Capital Of
Source GeoNames: Belfast - GeoNames
Largest City
Source Northern Ireland (Wikipedia)
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Origin Of
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Source Automated external defibrillator (Wikipedia)Leadtier 2Quote, Lead
The portable version of the defibrillator was invented in the mid-1960s by Frank Pantridge in Belfast, Northern Ireland and the first automatic, public-use defibrillator was produced by the Cardiac Resuscitation Company in the late 1970s.
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Source Oceanic-class ocean liner (Wikipedia)Lead, place builtQuote, Lead, place built
The Oceanic class were a group of six ocean liners built by Harland & Wolff at Belfast, for the White Star Line, for the transatlantic service.
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Source Wikipedia: NI Railwaystier 2
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Source Queen's University Belfast (Wikipedia)Lead, first sentenceQuote, Lead, first sentence
is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland
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1. Belfast - Wikipedia
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with a recorded population in 2021 of 345,418
Infobox, Area
Total 51 sq mi (133 km2)
Infobox, Coordinates
54°35′48″N 5°55′48″W / 54.5967°N 5.93°W / 54.5967; -5.93
- In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source2. Belfast (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)Quote, P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 3 m
3. GeoNames: Belfast - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2655984
54.59682 -5.92541 P PPLA GB NIR N09000003 348005 7 Europe/London
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 7 m
Capital Of: Northern Ireland, cities500 record 2655984, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division NIR)
54.59682 -5.92541 P PPLA GB NIR N09000003 348005 7 Europe/London
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 54.75, -5.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 54.75, -5.75
54.75 -5.75 Cfb
Wikidata: Belfast
Wikidata Q10686, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Northern Ireland (Wikipedia)
Largest City: Northern Ireland, Infobox: largest_cityQuote, Largest City: Northern Ireland, Infobox: largest_city
Belfast
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