Belfast: Forskelle mellem versioner

 

'''Belfast''' (fra [[Irsk (sprog)|irsk]] ''Béal Feirste'' det betyder ''udmundingen af sandbanke vadestedet''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=17101|title=Place Names NI - Home|website=www.placenamesni.org|access-date=2019-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305071703/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=17101|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>) er hovedstaden og den største by i [[Nordirland]]. Den ligger omkring floden [[Lagan (flod)|Lagan]] på østsiden af Nordirdland. Det er den 12. største by i [[Storbritannien]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.citymetric.com/skylines/where-are-largest-cities-britain-1404|title= Where are the largest cities in Britain? – CityMetric|website= Citymetric.com|accessdate= 11 April 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151030144804/http://www.citymetric.com/skylines/where-are-largest-cities-britain-1404|archive-date= 30 October 2015|url-status = live}}</ref> og den næststørste på øen [[Irland (ø)|Irland]]. Belfast havde 341.877 indbyggere i 2018<ref>"[https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2018]". [[Office for National Statistics]].</ref>

 

Det er den næstmest besøgte by på Irland<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/titanic-belfast-becomes-second-most-visited-tourist-attraction-on-island-of-ireland-1.1370127|title=Titanic Belfast becomes second most visited tourist attraction on island of Ireland|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en-US|access-date=19 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019152055/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/titanic-belfast-becomes-second-most-visited-tourist-attraction-on-island-of-ireland-1.1370127|archive-date=19 October 2016|url-status = live}}</ref> og i 2008 besøgte 7,1 Belfast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/tourism-venues/tourism/tourismfacts.aspx|title=Tourism facts and figures – Belfast City Council|website=Belfastcity.gov.uk|access-date=19 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013162042/http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/tourism-venues/tourism/tourismfacts.aspx|archive-date=13 October 2016|url-status = dead}}</ref> Byen rummer flere museer heriblandt [[Titanic Belfast]], [[Ulster Museum]], som er en del af [[National Museums Northern Ireland]] og [[Irish Republican History Museum]].

 

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