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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 Ireland and the sixth largest in the uk.

Population

  • 2001 - 579,276 (Census)
  • 2006 - 694,359 (Calculation) [1]

Postcodes of Greater Belfast

City Centre:

East Belfast:

  • BT4
  • BT5
  • BT6

South Belfast:

  • BT7
  • BT8
  • BT9

West Belfast:

  • BT10
  • BT11
  • BT12

North Belfast:

  • BT13
  • BT14
  • BT15