Districts of Northern Ireland

Since 1 October 1973, Northern Ireland is made of 26 districts. Each district has a council which looks after local services. The 26 districts are made of 582 wards. Each ward elects 1 councillor. There 582 councillors in Northern Ireland and there is an election every 4 years. The voting system used to elect each councillor is Single Transferable Vote. Some of the councils are known as "Borough" or "City" councils. Every year, each council elects a chairman. In "Borough" and "City" councils, the chairman is called the Mayor. In Belfast City Council, the chairman is called the Lord Mayor. In "Borough" and "City" councils, up to 25% of councillors are given the title Alderman.
Districts

 Antrim
 Ards
 Armagh
 Ballymena
 Ballymoney
 Banbridge
 Belfast
 Carrickfergus
 Castlereagh
 Coleraine
 Cookstown
 Craigavon
 Derry<li>Down
<li>Dungannon and South Tyrone
<li>Fermanagh
<li>Larne
<li>Limavady
<li>Lisburn
<li>Magherafelt
<li>Moyle
<li>Newry and Mourne
<li>Newtownabbey
<li>North Down
<li>Omagh
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References

Category:Geography of Northern Ireland