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    Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and is located in the northeast of the island of Ireland. It is made up of 6 counties and has a population of around 1.5 million people, with over half living in urban areas. The population is divided between Protestants and Catholics, with a history of conflict between the two groups over discrimination and a push for civil rights. Belfast is the capital and largest city, and is the center of Northern Ireland's industrial and commercial activity.

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    Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and is located in the northeast of the island of Ireland. It is made up of 6 counties and has a population of around 1.5 million people, with over half living in urban areas. The population is divided between Protestants and Catholics, with a history of conflict between the two groups over discrimination and a push for civil rights. Belfast is the capital and largest city, and is the center of Northern Ireland's industrial and commercial activity.

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    Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and is located in the northeast of the island of Ireland. It is made up of 6 counties and has a population of around 1.5 million people, with over half living in urban areas. The population is divided between Protestants and Catholics, with a history of conflict between the two groups over discrimination and a push for civil rights. Belfast is the capital and largest city, and is the center of Northern Ireland's industrial and commercial activity.

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    Northern Ireland

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    Northern Ireland, also known as Ulster, is still a part of the United Kingdom. It is made up of six
    countries: Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Tyrone. One third of the population lives in
    and around the capital, Belfast. Belfast is also the most important part and commercial and industrial
    centre. Some parts of the territory, those that are not close to the capital, have remained mainly rural.
    The Irish population is divided into two groups: the Protestants and the Catholics. The Protestants are of
    British origin. They are descendants of British settlers who came to Ireland in the XVIth and XVIIth
    centuries, during and after the Reformation. The Catholics are mostly natives of Ireland.
    The Protestants were the majority and dominated the Catholics with strong
    discrimination. In 1968 the Catholics began the movement for equal civil rights.
    The fightings between the two groups of the population continue to this day. Northern
    Ireland has a strong cultural tradition: songs, dances, literature and festivals. It has its
    own Art Council, and there are orchestras, theatres, ballet and opera companies.
    Northern Ireland is the smallest part of the United Kingdom. It occupies only one sixth of
    its territory, and it is situated on the northeast of the island Ireland. The name Ulster is
    sometimes used as equivalent to Northern Ireland, because there are six of the nine
    countries of the historic province of Ulster. Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland.
    For many centuries Ireland was a colony of Britain. As a result of the hard struggle of the
    Irish people for independence the larger part of Ireland (26 countries) gained the status of
    a British dominion in 1921. In 1949 it was officially proclaimed an independent state, the
    Irish Free State of Eire. The northeast of Ireland was retained by Great Britain as its
    smallest component. But certain forces of both the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland
    are for the reunification of the country, against social deprivation which is at its worst
    among Catholics. They believe that British withdrawal from Ireland is the only way to
    achieve peace.
    In November 1985, the British and Irish governments made a new political agreement on
    Northern Ireland, the Anglo-Irish Agreement. It gives the Republic of Ireland a voice in
    the administration of Northern Ireland, and the Irish government recognizes that there
    will only be a United Ireland if a majority of people in Ulster agrees to it.
    There are low hills and peaks of rocks in the northwest of the island, while the northeast
    sector is a plateau. The Mourne Mountains in the southeast slope down to Lough Neagh,
    the largest lake in the British Isles. The rivers of Ireland are short, but deep. The largest
    river is the Shannon.
    The population of Northern Ireland is about 1,5 million people. 53 percent of the total
    population live in urban areas. The whole economy of Northern Ireland is closely
    integrated with that of Great Britain. The largest is agriculture, it occupies about 72 per
    cent of the land area industry. Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland is the leading
    industrial centre and a large port. Its main industries are the production of liner and other
    textiles, clothing, shipbuilding, engineering.
    The Irish poets call Ireland the Emerald Isles. It is all due to the green
    grass. The fact is that the winds usually blow in from the Atlantic Ocean
    and make the air and soil warm and damp. Grass grows well in such a
    climate and it makes the island look so beautiful.

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