Mid Ulster | |
Native Name: | Irish: Ceantar Lár Uladh |
Settlement Type: | District |
Coordinates: | 54.668°N -6.679°W |
Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
Subdivision Name: | United Kingdom |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Ireland |
Established Title: | Incorporated |
Established Date: | 1 April 2015 |
Named For: | Ulster |
Seat Type: | Administrative HQ |
Seat: | Dungannon |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Government Type: | District council |
Governing Body: | Mid Ulster District Council |
Leader Title: | Executive |
Leader Name: | Committee system |
Leader Title1: | Control |
Leader Title3: | MLAs |
Leader Title4: | MPs |
Area Rank: | |
Population Rank: | |
Timezone1: | GMT |
Utc Offset1: | +0 |
Timezone1 Dst: | BST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +1 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode areas |
Postal Code: | BT |
Area Code Type: | Dialling codes |
Area Code: | 028 |
Iso Code: | GB-MUL |
Blank1 Name: | GSS code |
Blank1 Info: | N09000009 |
Mid Ulster [2] is a local government district in Northern Ireland. The district was created on 1 April 2015 by merging Magherafelt District, Cookstown District, and the Borough of Dungannon and South Tyrone. The local authority is Mid Ulster District Council.
The district covers parts of counties Londonderry, Tyrone, and Armagh, taking in the entire western shore of Lough Neagh, and bordering County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. The district had a population of in . The name of the new district was announced on 17 September 2008.
See main article: Mid Ulster District Council. Mid Ulster District Council replaced Magherafelt District Council, Cookstown District Council and Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council. The first election for the new district council was originally due to take place in May 2009, but on April 25, 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until 2011.[3] The first elections took place on 22 May 2014 and the council acted as a shadow authority until 1 April 2015.