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Ireland

• 486 km long
• 280 km broadly
• 84500 km²
• 5,1 million inhabitants

Rep. Ireland

• state in western europe
• 70273 km²
• 3,7 million inhabitants
• capital Dublin
• consists of a flatwavy Tiflande
• richly at lakes and moorlands
• many low mountain range
• it rains very much
• very many Gras "Green Island"
• 1 % forest
• 90 % Catholic
• 10 % Protestants
• very many cattle breeding
• pigs, horses,  cattles

• few raw materials
• as bennmaterial they use peat
• many industries
• textile, chem., electrical
• 2 big harbours
• Dublin, Cork
• valley in the Wicklow Mountains popular destination for tourists

Northern Ireland

• northeast from Ireland
• 14144 km²
• 1,6 million inhabitants
• structured in 6 districts
• Fermanagh, Tyrone, Londonderry, Antrim, Down and Armagh
• capital Belfast with 290000 people
• it rains the whole year very much
• very many people are protestants
• many cattle breeding and agriculture
• cattle, sheep, chicken
• potatoes, barley, oats, pears, apples
• 8 % forest
• many fishing
• salmon, eel
• industries - biggest are the textilindustrie
• few raw materials