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County Antrim

county of Northern Ireland
AdministrativeArea county_of_northern_ireland Q189592
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County Antrim is located in the United Kingdom . It is an administrative area with Antrim as its capital . The area of County Antrim is 2.8k .

County Antrim operates on the time zone UTC±00:00 .

It is part of the United Kingdom , with its capital city being Antrim , and has a total area of 2.8k .

The time zone of County Antrim is UTC±00:00 .

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Northern Ireland[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Lough Neagh[5], Atlantic Ocean[6], North Channel[7]
  • Instance of: historic county of the United Kingdom[8]
  • Capital: Antrim[9]
  • Shares border with: County Down[10], County Londonderry[11], County Tyrone[12], County Armagh[13]
  • Named after: Antrim[14]
  • Part of: Northern Ireland[15]
  • Commons category: County Antrim[16]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[17]
  • Catalog code: ANM[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:County Antrim[19]
  • Commons gallery: County Antrim[20]
  • Population: 618,108[21]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23], The New Student's Reference Work[24]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in County Antrim[25]
  • Category for people who died here: Q24646271[26]
  • Native label: Antrim[27], Aontroim[28]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from County Antrim[29]
  • Different from: Antrim[30]
  • Area: 2844 km²[31]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of County Antrim[32]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for County Antrim include Antrim County[33], a county of Michigan[34], in United States[35], founded in 1840[36] and HMS Antrim[37], a guided missile destroyer[38].

Why It Matters

County Antrim has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for it include Antrim County[33], a county of Michigan[34], in United States[35], founded in 1840[36] and HMS Antrim[37], a guided missile destroyer[38].

Related Entities

Belfast Conleth Hill Harland and Wolff Kingdom of Ireland Lisburn Lough Neagh Northern Ireland United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q27334
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q27334, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  2. 21w ago · Horcrux · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Named after → —
    Coordinates → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 54.865, 'lon': -6.28}
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: Antrim, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779095760645"
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