Name: | Northern Ireland |
Local name (Irish): | Tuaisceart Éireann |
Bordering countries: | Ireland |
Official status: | UK autonomous province |
Unofficial status: | territory of Ireland illegally annexed to Great Britain |
Surface: | 14.1 ths. sq. km |
Population (2001): | 1 685 ths. |
Capital: | Belfast (Béal Feirste) |
Official languages: | English, Irish Gaelic |