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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays a shot during the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic golf tournament on February 12, 2012. Rafael Cabrera-Bello of Spain won the tournament.

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About Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, and covers 5,459 square miles (14,139 km²) in the northeast of the island of Ireland, about a sixth of the total area of the island. It has a population of 1,685,000 (April 2001) — between a quarter and a third of the island's total population. It consists of six counties situated within the province of Ulster, and in the UK is generally known as one of its four Home Nations, forming a constituent country of the United Kingdom. Some of these terms have controversial implications[citation needed] in relation to political ideologies concerning the constitutional status of Northern Ireland.

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