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North Down

former district, United Kingdom
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North Down, former district (1973–2015) within the former county of Down, now part of Ards and North Down district, eastern Northern Ireland. Consisting of gently undulating lowland on the southern shores of Belfast Lough (inlet of the sea), it was bordered by the city of Belfast to the west and by the former districts of Castlereagh and Ards to the south. Its northern border was a 15-mile (25-km) coastline on Belfast Lough, extending from Holywood...

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