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'''Belfast''' ({{Irish derived place name|Béal Feirste|[[River mouth|mouth]] of the [[Shoal|sandbars]]}}<ref>[http://www.royalmint.com/discover/ukcities/belfast_article.aspx Royal Mint] - Belfast</ref>) is the [[capital (political)|capital]] of and largest [[city]] in [[Northern Ireland]]. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the [[United Kingdom]]<ref>[http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/population/cities.htm Woodlands] - What is the population of Britain's major cities ?</ref> and second biggest on the island of [[Ireland]] (after [[Dublin]]). It is the seat of the [[Devolution#United Kingdom|devolved]] [[Northern Ireland Executive|government]] and legislative [[Northern Ireland Assembly]].<ref name="MSN Encarta">{{cite encyclopedia | title = Northern Ireland | work = MSN Encarta – Northern Ireland | publisher = Microsoft | url = http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761571415/Northern_Ireland.html | accessdate = 2007-10-29 | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1257012982925640 | archivedate = 2009-10-31}}</ref> The city of Belfast has a population of 267,500<ref name="demography1" /> and lies at the heart of the [[Greater Belfast|Belfast urban area]], which has a population of 483,418. The [[Larger Urban Zone]], as defined by the [[European Union]], has a total population 641,638. Belfast was granted [[City status in the United Kingdom#Northern Ireland|city status]] in 1888.

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