Administrative Counties

Northern Ireland has been split up into administrative counties, which are used for local government but do not however replace the historic counties.

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Districts and Cities: 

• Antrim

• Ards

• Armagh
  • City of Armagh.

• Ballymena

• Ballymoney

• Banbridge

• Belfast
  • City of Belfast.
  • Belfast Castle.

• Carrickfergus
  • Town of Carrickfergus.

• Castlereagh

• Coleraine

• Cookstown

• Craigavon
  • Town of Lurgan.

• Derry
  • City of Derry/Londonderry.

• Down

• Dungannon & South Tyrone

• Fermanagh

• Larne
  • Town of Larne.
  • Villages of Ballygally, Carnlough and Glenarm.
  • Ballylumford Power Station and Glens of Antrim.

• Limavady

• Lisburn
  • City of Lisburn.

• Magherafelt

• Moyle
  • Town of Ballycastle.
  • Villages of Ballintoy and Cushendall.
  • Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, Giant’s Causeway, Glens of Antrim and Loughareema.

• Newry & Mourne
  • City of Newry.

• Newtownabbey

• North Down

• Omagh

• Strabane