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Belfast

Capital of Northern Ireland
Belfast is Northern Ireland’s capital. It was the birthplace of the RMS Titanic, which famously struck an iceberg and sunk in 1912. This legacy is recalled in the renovated dockyards' Titanic Quarter, which includes the Titanic Belfast, an...
Area: 44.4 mi²
Postcode district: BT1–BT17, BT29 (part), BT36 (part), BT58
Dialling code: 028
Irish grid reference: J338740
Population: Metropolitan area: 671,559 (2011); Local Government District: 345,418 (2021); City Limits: 293,298 (2021)
Post town: BELFAST