Belfast Attractions & Activities - The Best Holiday Destinations for 2020
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For other places with the same name, see Belfast (disambiguation).
Belfast City Hall
Belfast (Irish: Béal Feirste, meaning "the mouth of the river Feirste") is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland and the second largest city on the island of Ireland after Dublin, the capital of the Republic of Ireland. Situated at the mouth of the River Lagan on Belfast Lough, Belfast is surrounded by low hills and has a population of 267,500. This figure refers only to the Belfast City Council area whose borders date back to the 1950. Since then the city has expanded and the population of the Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area which incorporates the surrounding suburbs and towns is 483,000.
The Most Frequently Asked Travel Questions about Belfast
