Belfast | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:33 1 Name
00:04:02 2 History
00:04:24 2.1 Origins
00:05:34 2.2 Growth
00:07:53 2.3 The Troubles
00:09:40 2.4 21st century
00:10:40 3 Governance
00:11:20 3.1 Local government
00:13:41 3.2 Northern Ireland Assembly and Westminster
00:14:55 4 Geography
00:17:45 4.1 Climate
00:21:29 4.2 Areas and districts
00:25:50 5 Cityscape
00:25:59 5.1 Architecture
00:29:30 5.2 Parks and gardens
00:33:20 6 Demography
00:37:24 7 Economy
00:41:16 7.1 Industrial growth
00:43:49 8 Infrastructure
00:44:55 8.1 Utilities
00:46:24 8.2 Health care
00:47:41 8.3 Transport
00:53:34 9 Culture
00:58:56 9.1 Media
01:01:05 9.2 Sports
01:05:05 10 Notable people
01:05:15 11 Education
01:08:06 12 Tourism
01:10:46 13 Twin towns – sister cities
01:11:20 14 See also
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Belfast (; from Irish: Béal Feirste, meaning mouth of the Farset) is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland. It is the largest city in Northern Ireland and second-largest on the island of Ireland, after Dublin. It had a population of 333,871 as of 2015.By the early 19th century, Belfast became a major port. It played a key role in the Industrial Revolution, becoming the biggest linen-producer in the world, earning it the nickname Linenopolis. By the time it was granted city status in 1888, it was a major centre of Irish linen production, tobacco-processing and rope-making. Shipbuilding was also a key industry; the Harland and Wolff shipyard, which built the RMS Titanic, was the world's biggest shipyard. Belfast as of 2019 has a major aerospace and missiles industry. Industrialisation and the inward migration it brought made Belfast Ireland's biggest city and it became the capital of Northern Ireland following the Partition of Ireland in 1922. Its status as a global industrial centre ended in the decades after the Second World War of 1939–1945.
Belfast suffered greatly in the Troubles: in the 1970s and 1980s it was one of the world's most dangerous cities. However, a survey conducted by a finance company and published in 2016 rated the city as one of the safest within the United Kingdom. Throughout the 21st century, the city has seen a sustained period of calm, free from the intense political violence of former years, and has benefitted from substantial economic and commercial growth. Belfast remains a centre for industry, as well as for the arts, higher education, business, and law, and is the economic engine of Northern Ireland. Belfast is still a major port, with commercial and industrial docks, including the Harland and Wolff shipyard, dominating the Belfast Lough shoreline. It is served by two airports: George Best Belfast City Airport and Belfast International Airport 15 miles (24 km) west of the city. The Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) listed Belfast as a Gamma global city in 2018.