Strabane District Council

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Strabane District
Comhairle Ceantair na Sraithe Báine
Image:NorthernIrelandStrabane.png
Geography
Area
- Total
- % Water		 Ranked 4th
862 km²
? %
Admin HQ Strabane
ISO 3166-2 GB-STB
ONS code 95J
Demographics
Population
- Total (2005)
- Density		 Ranked 21st
38,745
45 / km²
Community Protestant: 33.3%
Catholic: 66.2%
Politics
Strabane District Council
http://www.strabanedc.org.uk
MPs Pat Doherty

Strabane District Council is a Local Council in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. The headquarters of the Council is in the town of Strabane. Apart from Strabane the other smaller towns in the area include Plumbridge, Newtownstewart, Donemana, Sion Mills and Castlederg. Also included in the Strabane District Council area are the following rural areas: Glenmornan, Evish, Glebe, Artigarvan, Ballymagorry.

The Strabane District Council area consists of three electoral areas: Derg, Glenelly and Mourne from which 16 members are elected. At the last elections in 2005 members were elected from the following political parties: 8 Sinn Fein, 3 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 2 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and 1 Independent Nationalist. The current Council Chairman is Councillor Brian McMahon (Sinn Féin) and the Vice Chair is Councillor Eugene McMenamin (SDLP).

The next election is due to take place in May 2009.

Strabane is twinned with Sioux Falls in South Dakota in the USA and with Zeulenroda in the District of Thuringia in Germany.

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Districts of Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

Subdivisions created by the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971

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

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