Belfast metropolitan area

Belfast Metropolitan Area
Belfast Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan area
	Belfast Metropolitan Area Location in Northern Ireland
	Coordinates: 54°35′49″N 5°55′48″W
Sovereign State	United Kingdom
Constituent Country	Northern Ireland
District	Belfast; Lisburn; Bangor, County Down; North Down; Newtownabbey; Castlereagh;
County	County Antrim / County Down
Government
• UK Parliament	Belfast North; Belfast South; Belfast East; Belfast West; Lagan Valley; East Antrim; South Antrim; Strangford; North Down;
Area
• Total	370 sq mi (960 km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (BST (WEST))
Area code	028

The Belfast metropolitan area, also known as Greater Belfast, is a grouping of council areas which include commuter towns and overspill from Belfast, Northern Ireland, with a population of 672,522 in 2011, combining the Belfast, Lisburn, Newtownabbey, North Down, Castlereagh and Carrickfergus districts. This equates to 37.1% of Northern Ireland's population.

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