Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland contains 26 populated places. Browse the directory below to explore individual cities and towns.
About Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland spans a recognisable area of the United Kingdom, encompassing 26 populated places listed in this directory. The region presents cities and towns of distinct local character, each with its own character shaped by geography, history, and local economy.
Residents and visitors moving between communities within Northern Ireland draw on the region's shared regional facilities. The directory pages for each city below link onward to facts and context for that specific place — population (where recorded), coordinates, postal codes, and a short narrative drawn from the underlying open geographic datasets.
Use the paginated list to browse the full set of 26 places in Northern Ireland, or jump to the related-regions list to explore nearby parts of the United Kingdom.
Cities and towns
- Belfast (345,006)
- Derry (85,016)
- Lisburn (71,465)
- Newtownabbey (62,056)
- Bangor (61,011)
- Craigavon (57,685)
- Castlereagh (56,679)
- Portadown (32,926)
- Newtownards (29,363)
- Carrickfergus (29,208)
- Ballymena (28,932)
- Newry (27,757)
- Coleraine (25,681)
- Omagh (21,056)
- Antrim (19,661)
- Larne (18,421)
- Banbridge (16,173)
- Armagh (14,801)
- Enniskillen (14,472)
- Strabane (14,198)
- Dundonald (13,985)
- Holywood (13,109)
- Dungannon (11,935)
- Limavady (11,279)
- Cookstown (11,081)
- Downpatrick (10,507)