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Capital
and largest city
Belfast
54°35.456′N 5°50.4′W
OfficiallanguagesEnglish (de facto), Irish and Ulster Scots2
GovernmentConstitutional monarchy
Total
13,843 km2 (5,345 sq mi)
Quick facts Capitaland largest city, Official languages ...
Northern Ireland  (English)
Tuaisceart Éireann  (Irish)
Norlin Airlann1  (Ulster Scots)
The use of symbols in Northern Ireland is politically charged. At present, no flag officially represents Northern Ireland or has a broad consensus of support. In general, flags and emblems represent the nationalist and unionist communities in Northern Ireland separately.
Flag and Symbols
Flag of United Kingdom
Union Flag		Assembly Logo
Northern Ireland Assembly
Note: Official in common with United Kingdom;
use highly regulated in Northern Ireland.		Note: Symbol of the Northern Ireland Assembly
and the
Northern Ireland Executive
Other Flags
Flag of Northern Ireland
Ulster Banner		Flag of Ireland
Irish Tricolour
Note: Former Official Government of Northern Ireland Banner until 1972, still used in some sporting contexts, no official status in Northern Ireland, Unionist.Note: Official flag of the Republic of Ireland, no official status in Northern Ireland, Nationalist.
Motto: [Quis separabit?] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)  (Latin)
"Who shall separate?"
Anthem: God Save the Queen
Londonderry Air  (de facto)
Location of Padraig/Sandbox7 (orange)– in Europe (tan & white)– in the United Kingdom (tan)
Location of Padraig/Sandbox7 (orange)

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Capital
and largest city
Belfast
54°35.456′N 5°50.4′W
Official languagesEnglish (de facto), Irish and Ulster Scots2
GovernmentConstitutional monarchy
• Queen
Queen Elizabeth II
Gordon Brown MP
Ian Paisley MLA
Martin McGuinness MLA
Shaun Woodward MP
Establishment
1920
Area
• Total
13,843 km2 (5,345 sq mi)
Population
• 2004 estimate
1,710,300
• 2001 census
1,685,267
• Density
122/km2 (316.0/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)2002 estimate
• Total
$33.2 billion
• Per capita
$19,603
CurrencyPound sterling (GBP)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+1 (BST)
Calling code444
ISO 3166 codeGB-NIR
Internet TLD.uk3
  1. Norlin Airlann is a neologism which was not used by Scots speakers historically, but which has some official usage. The spelling Norn Iron is often used by indigenous speakers as an affectionate phonetic spelling to reflect local pronunciation.
  2. Officially recognised languages: Northern Ireland has no official language; the use of English has been established through precedent. Irish and Ulster Scots are officially recognised minority languages
  3. Also .eu, as part of the European Union, and .ie shared with Republic of Ireland. ISO 3166-1 is GB, but .gb is unused.
  4. +44 is always followed by 28 when calling landlines. The code is 028 within the UK and 048 from the Republic of Ireland
  5. In common with the Republic of Ireland.
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