User:Padraig/Sandbox6

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
Union Flag	Assembly Logo 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

Motto: [Quis separabit?] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (Latin)
"Who shall separate?"

Anthem: God Save the Queen
Londonderry Air (de facto)

Location of Padraig/Sandbox6 (orange)

– in Europe (tan & white)
– in the United Kingdom (tan)

Capital

and largest city

Belfast
54°35.456′N 5°50.4′W / 54.590933°N 5.8400°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 (316.0/sq mi)

GDP (PPP)

2002 estimate

• Total

$33.2 billion

• Per capita

$19,603

Currency

Pound sterling (GBP)

Time zone

UTC+0 (GMT)

• Summer (DST)

UTC+1 (BST)

44⁴

.uk³

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.
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
Also .eu, as part of the European Union, and .ie shared with Republic of Ireland. ISO 3166-1 is GB, but .gb is unused.
+44 is always followed by 28 when calling landlines. The code is 028 within the UK and 048 from the Republic of Ireland
In common with the Republic of Ireland.