Greater Belfast
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Greater Belfast, also known as the Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area, is an area surrounding and including Belfast in Northern Ireland. It has a population of almost 700,000 people and is one of the biggest urban areas in the UK. Almost 1 million people live within a 20 mile radius from belfast city centre.
It generally is taken to include North Down, Lisburn, Castlereagh and parts of South Antrimincluding Netownabbey and Whiteabbey.
Greater Belfast is the largest metropolitan area in Northern Ireland, or second largest in Irelandand the sixth largest in the uk.
Population
- 2001 - 579,276 (Census)
- 2006 - 694,359 (Calculation) [1]
- Ballyhackamore
- Ballymacarrett
- Belmont
- Bloomfield Not to be confused with Bloomfield, Bangor
- Carrowreagh
- Cherryvalley
- Cregagh
- Downshire
- Dundonald
- Enler
- Gilnahirk
- Graham's Bridge
- Knock
- Lisnasharragh
- Lower Braniel Braniel
- Orangefield
- Stormont
- The Mount, Belfast
- Tullycarnet
- Upper Braniel Braniel
- Woodstock, Belfast
- Andersonstown
- Beechmount
- Clonard
- Collin Glen
- Falls
- Falls Park See Falls above, also Falls Road
- Dunmurry
- Glencairn
- Glen Road
- Glencolin
- Highfield
- Kilwee
- Ladybrook
- Poleglass
- Shankill Colloquially, Shankill Road or The Shankill
- Twinbrook
- Upper Springfield
- Whiterocks
- Ardoyne
- Ballyhenry
- Bellevue
- Castleview
- Cavehill
- Chichester Park
- Cliftonville
- Cloughfern
- Collinbridge
- Coole
- Crumlin
- Dunanney
- Fortwilliam
- Glebe, Belfast Not to be confused with Glebe, County Tyrone
- Glengormley
- Hightown
- Legoniel
- Newlodge
- Valley
- Water Works
- Whiteabbey
- Whitehouse
- Woodvale
- Botanic
- Beechill
- Blackstaff
- Cairnshill
- Carryduff East
- Carryduff West
- Finaghy
- Galwally
- Hillfoot
- Knockbracken
- Malone Colloquially, Malone Road
- Minnowburn
- Musgrave
- Newtownbreda
- Rallynafeigh
- Ravenhill
- Rosetta
- Shaftesbury
- Stranmillis
- Upper Malone
- Woodstock
- Windsor
- Wynchurch
Postcodes of Greater Belfast
East Belfast:
- BT4
- BT5
- BT6
South Belfast:
- BT7
- BT8
- BT9
West Belfast:
- BT10
- BT11
- BT12
North Belfast:
- BT13
- BT14
- BT15