Cork (ceety)
Cork (Erse: Corcaigh, pronounced [ˈkˠorkˠɪɟ], frae corcach, meanin "swamp") is the seicont lairgest ceety in the Republic o Ireland an the island o Ireland's third maist populous ceety. It is the principal ceety an admeenistrative centre o Coonty Cork an the lairgest ceety in the province o Munster. Cork haes a population o 119,418, while the addition o the suburban auries contained in the coonty brings the total tae 190,384. Metropolitan Cork haes a population o approximately 274,000, while the Greater Cork aurie is aboot 380,000.
Cork Corcaigh | |
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Ceety | |
 Frae tap, left tae richt: Ceety Haw, the Inglis Mercat, Quadrangle in UCC, River Lee, Shandon Steeple. | |
 Banner _coat_of_arms.svg) Coat airms | |
| Eik-name(s): The Rebel City, Leeside, The Real Capital | |
| Motto(s): | |
  Cork | |
| Coordinates: 51°53′50″N 8°28′12″W / 51.89722°N 8.47000°W | |
| State | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Cork |
| Foondit | 6t century AD |
| City rights | 1185 AD |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Cork Ceety Cooncil |
| • Lord Mayor | Tony Fitzgerald, FF |
| • LEAs | 6 |
| • Dáil Éireann | |
| • European Pairlament | Sooth |
| Area | |
| • Ceety | 37.3 km2 (14.4 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 174.2 km2 (67.3 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 820 km2 (320 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Ceety | 125,622[3] |
| • Density | 3367.88/km2 (8,722.8/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 208,669[5] |
| • Urban density | 1,197.6/km2 (3,102/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 399,216[4] |
| • Metro density | 486.8/km2 (1,261/sq mi) |
| • Demonym | Corkonian Leesider |
| Time zone | UTC0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode | T12, T21 and T23 |
| Area code(s) | 021 |
| Vehicle index merk code | C |
| Website | www.corkcity.ie |
Cork haes a reputation for rebelliousness datin back tae the toun's support o the Inglis Pretender Perkin Warbeck in 1491 follaein the Wars o the Roses. As a result, Coonty Cork haes earned the nickname o "the Rebel Coonty", while Corkonians aften refer tae the ceety as the "real caipital o Ireland", an thairsels as the "Rebels".
The ceety is built on the River Lee which divides intae twa channels at the wastren end o the ceety. The ceety centre is locatit on the island creatit bi the channels. At the eastren end o the ceety centre they converge; an the Lee flows aroond Lough Mahon tae Cork Harbour, ane o the warld's lairgest natural harbours. The ceety is a major Erse seaport; there ar quays an docks alang the banks o the Lee on the ceety's east side.
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eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ statiō bene fīdā carīnīs: leeterally "a guid trust-station for keels", adaptit bi inversion frae Virgil's Aeneid (II, 23: statio male fida carinis, "an unsafe harbour"). Whiles corruptit tae "fide".
- ↑ "Cork City Coat of Arms". Cork City Council. Archived frae the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 21 Februar 2016.
- ↑ "Population and Actual and Percentage Change 2011 to 2016 by Sex, Province County or City, CensusYear and Statistic". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. 2016.
- ↑ "Population of each County and City, 2011". Census 2011. Central Statistics Office. 2011. Retrieved 29 Mairch 2015.
- ↑ "CSO Chapter 2 - Geographical Distribution - Population by constituency" (PDF). Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 10 Juin 2017.
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