User:Padraig/Sandbox5
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| Northern Ireland (English) Tuaisceart Éireann (Irish) Norlin Airlann1 (Ulster Scots) |
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The use of symbols in Northern Ireland is politically charged. At present, no flag officially represents Northern Ireland or has a broad consensus of support. In general, flags and emblems represent the nationalist and unionist communities in Northern Ireland separately.
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| Motto: Quis separabit? (Latin) "Who shall separate?" |
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| Anthem: God Save the Queen Londonderry Air (de facto) |
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 Location of Padraig/Sandbox5 (orange)
– on the European continent (camel & white) |
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| Capital (and largest city) |
Belfast |
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| Official languages | English (de facto), Irish and Ulster Scots2 | |||||||||||||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy | |||||||||||||||
| - | Queen | Queen Elizabeth II | ||||||||||||||
| - | Prime Minister | Gordon Brown MP | ||||||||||||||
| - | First Minister | Ian Paisley MLA | ||||||||||||||
| - | Deputy First Minister | Martin McGuinness MLA | ||||||||||||||
| - | Secretary of State | Shaun Woodward MP | ||||||||||||||
| Establishment | ||||||||||||||||
| - | Government of Ireland Act | 1920 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | ||||||||||||||||
| - | Total | 13,843 km² 5,345 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||||||||||||||
| - | 2004 estimate | 1,710,300 | ||||||||||||||
| - | 2001 census | 1,685,267 | ||||||||||||||
| - | Density | 122/km² 315/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2002 estimate | |||||||||||||||
| - | Total | $33.2 billion | ||||||||||||||
| - | Per capita | $19,603 | ||||||||||||||
| Currency | Pound sterling (GBP) |
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| Time zone | GMT (UTC+0) | |||||||||||||||
| - | Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) | ||||||||||||||
| Internet TLD | .uk3 | |||||||||||||||
| Calling code | [[+444]] | |||||||||||||||
| Patron saint | St Patrick5 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Norlin Airlann is a neologism which was not used by Scots speakers historically, but which has some official usage. The spelling Norn Iron is often used by indigenous speakers as an affectionate phonetic spelling to reflect local pronunciation. | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Officially recognised languages: Northern Ireland has no official language; the use of English has been established through precedent. Irish and Ulster Scots are officially recognised minority languages | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Also .eu, as part of the European Union, and .ie shared with Republic of Ireland. ISO 3166-1 is GB, but .gb is unused. | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | +44 is always followed by 28 when calling landlines. The code is 028 within the UK and 048 from the Republic of Ireland | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | In common with the Republic of Ireland. | |||||||||||||||
