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Northern Ireland  (English)
Tuaisceart Éireann  (Irish)
Norlin Airlann1  (Ulster Scots)
The use of symbols in Northern Ireland is politically charged. At present, no flag officially represents Northern Ireland or has a broad consensus of support. In general, flags and emblems represent the nationalist and unionist communities in Northern Ireland separately.
Flag and Symbols
Flag of United Kingdom
Union Flag		 Image:Logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly notext.gif
Northern Ireland Assembly
Note: Official in common with United Kingdom;
use highly regulated in Northern Ireland.		 Note: Symbol of the Northern Ireland Assembly
and the
Northern Ireland Executive
Other Flags
Flag of Northern Ireland
Ulster Banner		 Flag of Ireland
Irish Tricolour
Note: Former Official Government of Northern Ireland Banner until 1972, still used in some sporting contexts, no official status in Northern Ireland, Unionist. Note: Official flag of the Republic of Ireland, no official status in Northern Ireland, Nationalist.
Motto: Quis separabit?  (Latin)
"Who shall separate?"
Anthem: God Save the Queen
Londonderry Air  (de facto)
Location of Northern Ireland
Location of  Padraig/Sandbox7  (orange)

– on the European continent  (camel & white)
– in the United Kingdom  (camel)
Capital
(and largest city)		 Belfast
54°35.456′N, 5°50.4′W
Official languages English (de facto), Irish and Ulster Scots2
Government Constitutional monarchy
 -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II
 -  Prime Minister Gordon Brown MP
 -  First Minister Ian Paisley MLA
 -  Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MLA
 -  Secretary of State Shaun Woodward MP
Establishment
 -  Government of Ireland Act 1920 
Area
 -  Total 13,843 km² 
5,345 sq mi 
Population
 -  2004 estimate 1,710,300 
 -  2001 census 1,685,267 
 -  Density 122/km² 
315/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2002 estimate
 -  Total $33.2 billion 
 -  Per capita $19,603 
Currency Pound sterling (GBP)
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)
 -  Summer (DST) BST (UTC+1)
Internet TLD .uk3
Calling code [[+444]]
Patron saint St Patrick5
1 Norlin Airlann is a neologism which was not used by Scots speakers historically, but which has some official usage. The spelling Norn Iron is often used by indigenous speakers as an affectionate phonetic spelling to reflect local pronunciation.
2 Officially recognised languages: Northern Ireland has no official language; the use of English has been established through precedent. Irish and Ulster Scots are officially recognised minority languages
3 Also .eu, as part of the European Union, and .ie shared with Republic of Ireland. ISO 3166-1 is GB, but .gb is unused.
4 +44 is always followed by 28 when calling landlines. The code is 028 within the UK and 048 from the Republic of Ireland
5 In common with the Republic of Ireland.