Altnagelvin
Wikipedia on Answers.com:
Top
Altnagelvin
 |
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2010) |
For the hospital situated in Altnagelvin, see Altnagelvin Area Hospital.
Coordinates: 54°58′52″N 7°17′17″W / 54.981°N 7.288°W
Altnagelvin (from Irish: Alt na nGealbhan, meaning "glenside of the sparrows" or "height of the sparrows")[2] is a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is also the name of an electoral ward of Derry City Council. Formerly a small village, it has been absorbed into the Waterside neighbourhood of Derry. Within Altnagelvin is Altnagelvin Area Hospital, a large hospital which serves the most of the county. The busy A6 road from Belfast to Derry passes through the townland.
Demography
On Census Day 29 April 2001 the resident population of Altnagelvin ward was 4477.[3] Of these:
- 26.6% were under 16 years old and 11.0% were aged 60 and above [3]
- 48.3% of the population were male and 51.7% were female [3]
- 38.0% were from a Roman Catholic background and 59.7% were from a Protestant background [3]
- 5.2% of those aged 16–74 were unemployed [3]
References
- ^ Northern Ireland Roads Site - Derry to Dungiven road
- ^ "Placenames NI website". http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=661.
- ^ a b c d e "Altnagelvin Ward statistics". NINIS. 2007-05-31. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95MM01&sName=Altnagelvin. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
 |
This article related to the geography of County Londonderry, Northern Ireland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
Wikipedia on Answers.com
This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Altnagelvin.
Read more