Editing Ulster (section)

==Geography and political sub-divisions==
[[File:Ulster counties.svg|thumb|270px|Ulster (coloured), showing Northern Ireland in pink and the Republic of Ireland part in green]]
Ulster has a population of just over two&nbsp;million people and an area of {{convert|22067|km2|sqmi}}. About 62% of the area of Ulster is in the UK while the remaining 38% is in the Republic of Ireland. Ulster's biggest city, [[Belfast]], has an urban population of over half a million inhabitants, making it the [[List of settlements on the island of Ireland by population|second-largest city on the island of Ireland]] and the [[List of urban areas in the United Kingdom|10th largest urban area]] in the UK. <!-- Note to editors: the agreed compromise for the Derry/Londonderry naming dispute is that the city shall be Derry and the county shall be Londonderry. 
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Six of Ulster's nine [[Counties of Ireland|counties]], [[County Antrim|Antrim]], [[County Armagh|Armagh]], [[County Down|Down]], [[County Fermanagh|Fermanagh]], [[County Londonderry|Londonderry]] and [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]], including the former parliamentary boroughs of [[Belfast]] and [[Londonderry (parliamentary borough)|Londonderry]], form [[Northern Ireland]] which remained part of the United Kingdom after the [[partition of Ireland]] in 1921. Three Ulster counties – [[County Cavan|Cavan]], [[County Donegal|Donegal]] and [[County Monaghan|Monaghan]] – form part of the [[Republic of Ireland]]. About half of Ulster's population lives in counties Antrim and Down. Across the nine counties, according to the aggregate UK [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]] for Northern Ireland, and the ROI 2011 Census for counties Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan, there is a [[Roman Catholic]] majority over [[Protestant]] of 50.8% to 42.7%.<ref>"Community Background", 2011 Census, for NI, and "Religion", 2011 Census, for RoI</ref>

While the traditional counties continue to demarcate areas of [[local government in the Republic of Ireland]], this is no longer the case in Northern Ireland. Since 1974, the traditional counties have a [[ceremonial county|ceremonial]] role only. [[Local government in Northern Ireland]] is now demarcated by 11 districts.

===County-based sub-divisions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! County !! Population !! Area
|- style="text-align:right; background:#fdd;"
| align=left | [[County Antrim]] <small>({{lang|ga|Contae Aontroma}}; {{lang|sco-ulster|Coontie Anthrim/Antrìm/Entrim}})</small>
| 618,108
| {{convert|3088|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|- style="text-align:right; background:#fdd;"
| align=left | [[County Armagh]] <small>({{lang|ga|Contae Ard Mhacha}}; {{lang|sco-ulster|Coontie Airmagh/Armagh}})</small>
| 174,792
| {{convert|1327|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|- style="text-align:right; background:#ddd;"
| align=left | [[County Cavan]] <small>({{lang|ga|Contae an Chabháin}})</small>
| 81,704
| {{convert|1932|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|- style="text-align:right; background:#ddd;"
| align=left | [[County Donegal]] <small>({{lang|ga|Contae Dhún na nGall}} or {{lang|ga|Thír Chonaill}}; {{lang|sco-ulster|Coontie Dunnygal/Dinnygal}})</small>
| 167,084
| {{convert|4861|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|- style="text-align:right; background:#fdd;"
| align=left | [[County Down]] <small>({{lang|ga|Contae an Dúin}}; {{lang|sco-ulster|Coontie Doon/Doun}})</small>
| 531,665
| {{convert|2489|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|- style="text-align:right; background:#fdd;"
| align=left | [[County Fermanagh]] <small>({{lang|ga|Contae Fhear Manach}}; {{lang|sco-ulster|Coontie Fermanagh/Fermanay}})</small>
| 61,170
| {{convert|1691|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|- style="text-align:right; background:#fdd;"
| align=left | [[County Londonderry]] <small>({{lang|ga|Contae Dhoire}}; {{lang|sco-ulster|Coontie Loonenderrie}})</small>
| 247,132
| {{convert|2118|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|- style="text-align:right; background:#ddd;"
| align=left | [[County Monaghan]] <small>({{lang|ga|Contae Mhuineacháin}})</small>
| 65,288
| {{convert|1295|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|- style="text-align:right; background:#fdd;"
| align=left | [[County Tyrone]] <small>({{lang|ga|Contae Thír Eoghain}}; {{lang|sco-ulster|Coontie Tyrone/Owenslann}})</small>
| 177,986
| {{convert|3266|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|- style="text-align:right; background:#fdd;"
! style="text-align:right;" | Total
! style="text-align:right;" | 2,217,176
! style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|22067|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|}

Counties shaded in grey are in the Republic of Ireland.
Counties shaded in pink are in Northern Ireland.

===Council-based sub-divisions===

{| class="wikitable"
! District
! Council
|-
| [[County Cavan]]
| [[Cavan County Council]]
|-
| [[County Donegal]]
| [[Donegal County Council]]
|-
| [[County Monaghan]]
| [[Monaghan County Council]]
|-
| [[Fermanagh and Omagh]]
| [[Fermanagh and Omagh District Council]]
|-
| [[Derry and Strabane]]
| [[Derry and Strabane District Council]]
|-
| [[Mid-Ulster District|Mid-Ulster]]
| [[Mid-Ulster District Council]]
|-
| [[Causeway Coast and Glens]]
| [[Causeway Coast and Glens District Council]]
|-
| [[Mid and East Antrim]]
| [[Mid and East Antrim District Council]]
|-
| [[Antrim and Newtownabbey]]
| [[Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council]]
|-
| [[Ards and North Down]]
| [[Ards and North Down Borough Council]]
|-
| [[Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon]]
| [[Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council]]
|-
| [[Lisburn and Castlereagh]]
| [[Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council]]
|-
| [[Newry, Mourne and Down]]
| [[Newry, Mourne and Down District Council]]
|-
| [[Belfast]]
| [[Belfast City Council]]
|}

===Largest settlements===
Settlements in Ulster with at least 14,000 inhabitants, listed in order of population:
# [[Belfast]] (480,000)
# [[Derry]] (105,000)
# [[Lisburn]] (75,000)
# [[Craigavon, County Armagh|Craigavon]] (65,000)
# [[Bangor, County Down|Bangor]] (58,400)
# [[Ballymena]] (28,700)
# [[Newtownards]] (27,800)
# [[Newry]] (27,400)
# [[Carrickfergus]] (27,200)
# [[Coleraine]] (25,000)
# [[Antrim, County Antrim|Antrim]] (20,000)
# [[Omagh]] (19,800)
# [[Letterkenny]] (19,600)
# [[Larne]] (18,200)
# [[Banbridge]] (14,700)
# [[Armagh]] (14,500)