Ireland Country Info - Europe

Description and Basic Information

Ireland with its capital Dublin is located in Europe (Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 70,281 square kilometres (slightly larger than West Virginia) with 4,156,000 citizens. English and Irish are the the languages spoken by people in Ireland. United Kingdom is a bordering country.

Ireland is an island in north-western Europe which has been divided politically since 1920. Most of the island is made up of Ireland (Irish: Éire), a.k.a. Republic of Ireland (Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann). The remainder is Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. The island of Ireland historically consists of 32 counties, of which six, collectively known as Northern Ireland, have remained as part of the United Kingdom since the rest of Ireland gained independence in 1922. For travellers wishing to experience Ireland on a budget, there are a variety of inexpensive bus tours in almost every part of the country.

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About Ireland

The terrain offers mostly level to rolling interior plain surrounded by rugged hills and low mountains having sea cliffs on west coast. The average density of population is about 59 per km². The climate in Ireland can be described as temperate maritime with modified by North Atlantic Current, mild winters, cool summers, consistently humid, overcast about half the time. Possible natural disasters include NA.

To reach someone in Ireland dial +353 prior to a number. There are 2,080,000 installed telephones. And there are 4,871,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ie". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 4 regions/states in Ireland we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Irish population grew at a rate of 1.1% (or by 46,879 citizens). With 32,854 deaths and 59,927 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 0.64%. 19,806 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Ireland: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.