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Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
district, Northern Ireland
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, district, southeastern Northern Ireland. It is bounded to the north by Lough Neagh, to the northeast by the Lisburn and Castlereagh City district, to the east and south by the Newry, Mourne and Down district, and to the southwest by the republic of Ireland. The district’s administrative body, the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, meets in Craigavon. Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon was created in 2015 by the merger of the districts of Armagh, Banbridge, and Craigavon and the acquisition of some territory from the former Dungannon district. Pop. (2011) 199,693.
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