County Tyrone

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County Tyrone Contae Tír Eoghain
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Area:	3,155 km²
County Town:	Omagh
Population:	166,516 (2001)
Province:	Ulster

County Tyrone (Irish: Contae Tír Eoghain) is the second largest of the nine counties of Ulster and the largest of the six counties of Northern Ireland. Area: 3,155 km² (1,218 square miles).

The county borders the Northern Ireland counties of Armagh, to the south-east, Fermanagh, to the south-west and Londonderry to the north-east. The county also borders Lough Neagh to the east. The borders with the Republic of Ireland are County Monaghan to the south and County Donegal to the north-west.

Tyrone is split into four districts:

The county town of Tyrone is Omagh. Other towns include Strabane, Cookstown, Dungannon, Castlederg and Coalisland. Historically Tyrone stretched as far north as Lough Foyle, and comprised part of modern day County Londonderry, east of the River Foyle.

See the list of places in County Tyrone for all villages, towns and cities.

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Ulster: Antrim * \| Armagh * \| Cavan \| Donegal \| Down * \| Fermanagh * \| Londonderry * \| Monaghan \| Tyrone *
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