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| Lisburn city | |
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| Geography | |
| Area: - Total - % Water | Ranked 16th 447 km² ? % |
| Admin HQ: | Lisburn |
| ISO 3166-2: | GB-LSB |
| ONS code: | 95S |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (April 29, 2001) - Density | Ranked 2nd 108,694 243 / km² |
| Community: | Protestant: 62.8% Catholic: 33.4% |
| Politics | |
| Lisburn Borough Council http://www.lisburn.gov.uk | |
| MPs: | Jeffrey Donaldson Gerry Adams |
Lisburn is a city in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, with a population of about 110,000. The town is predominantly unionist, but has a number of nationalist communities.
Negotiations preceding the American War of Independence between Ben Franklin and Lord Hillsborough took place at the parish of Hillsborough in Lisburn. It was made a city in 2002, as part of the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations.
In elections for the Westminster Parliament it is split between the Lagan Valley constituency and the West Belfast constituency.
| United Kingdom | Ireland | Northern Ireland | Districts of Northern Ireland |
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Antrim | Ards | Armagh | Ballymena | Ballymoney | Banbridge | Belfast | Carrickfergus | Castlereagh | Coleraine | Cookstown | Craigavon | Derry | Down | Dungannon and South Tyrone | Fermanagh | Larne | Limavady | Lisburn | Magherafelt | Moyle | Newry and Mourne | Newtownabbey | North Down | Omagh | Strabane |
| Cities in Ireland |
| Republic of Ireland: Dublin | Cork | Limerick | Galway | Waterford | Kilkenny |
| Northern Ireland: Belfast | Derry | Armagh | Newry | Lisburn |
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