Editing County Armagh (section)

==Administration==
The county was administered by [[Armagh County Council]] from 1899 until the abolition of county councils in Northern Ireland in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/9/contents|title=Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972|publisher=Legislation.gov.uk|access-date=29 November 2019|archive-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030152505/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/9/contents|url-status=live}}</ref>

County Armagh remains officially used for purposes such as a [[Lieutenancy area]] – the county retains a [[Lord Lieutenant of Armagh|lord lieutenant]] who acts as representative of the [[British Monarch]] in the county.<ref>See the Northern Ireland (Lieutenancy) Order 1975 (SI 1975 No. 156)</ref>

Currently the county is covered for local government purposes by three [[Local Councils in Northern Ireland|district councils]], namely [[Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council]], approximately the western third of [[Newry, Mourne and Down Council]] and a part of [[Mid Ulster District Council]], centred around [[Peatlands Park]].

Armagh ceased to serve as an [[electoral constituency]] in 1983 but remains the core of the [[Newry and Armagh (UK Parliament constituency)|Newry and Armagh]] constituency represented at [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|Westminster]] and the [[Newry and Armagh (Assembly constituency)|Newry and Armagh]] constituency represented in the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]]. County Armagh also remains as a district for legal and property purposes; however, its [[Barony (Ireland)|baronies]] no longer have any administrative use.

The -XZ suffix is currently used on [[vehicle registration plate]]s for vehicles registered in County Armagh. Other suffixes have been -IB and -LZ. These marks are followed by up to four numbers, e.g., JLZ 6789