Belfast
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/76126
- Note
- "Belfast (UK: /ˈbɛlfɑːst/ BEL-fahst, elsewhere /ˈbɛlfæst/; from Irish: Béal Feirste [bʲeːlˠ ˈfʲɛɾˠ(ə)ʃtʲə], meaning ´mouth of the sand-bank ford´) is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom and the second-largest in Ireland. It had a population of 343,542 as of 2019[update]. Belfast suffered greatly during the violence that accompanied the partition of Ireland, and especially during the more recent conflict known as the Troubles.
By the early 19th century, Belfast was a major port. It played an important role in the Industrial Revolution in Ireland, becoming briefly the biggest linen-producer in the world, earning it the nickname "Linenopolis". By the time it was granted city status in 1888, it was a major centre of Irish linen production, tobacco-processing and rope-making. Shipbuilding was also a key industry; the Harland and Wolff shipyard, which built the RMS Titanic, was the world´s largest shipyard. Belfast as of 2019[update] has a major aerospace and missiles industry. Industrialisation, and the inward migration it brought, made Belfast Northern Ireland´s biggest city. Following the partition of Ireland in 1922, Belfast became the seat of government for Northern Ireland. Belfast´s status as a global industrial centre ended in the decades after the Second World War." - (en.wikipedia.org 21.07.2021) - Latitude
- 54.596389770508
- Longitude
- -5.9299998283386
- Inhabitants
- 274,770
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Donegal Railway Map, 1896
Lithographed Map printed at...
Object information
Image: Donegal Railway Heritage Center, Heike Thiele - CC BY-NC-SA
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