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Belfast |
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Mexico City |
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| AREA |
44sq miles (115 sq km) |
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600 sq miles (1554 sq km) |
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| POPULATION |
300,000 |
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18 million |
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| VISITORS/ TOURISM |
1.6 million Growing now that things are relatively quiet and the 'Troubles' are hopefully over. |
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9 million 7 million nationals 2 million other nationalities |
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| LANGUAGE |
Predominantly English with a significant minority speaking Irish and to a lesser extent Ulster Scots; other immigrant linguistic communities e.g. Urdu, Chinese. |
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Mexican Spanish Approx 62 indigenous languages |
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| SPORTS |
Walking, cycling, boat trips, fishing, Gaelic football, hurling, soccer, rugby, cricket and the latest craze is for ice hockey |
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Bullfights, football, horse racing, jai alai, boxing, lucha libre (wrestling) |
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| SCHOOL LIFE |
Hours: 0840-1600 Mostly faith schools - Protestant or Catholic though there is a growing 'integrated' sector. |
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Primary: am only 7.30-12.30 Secondary: 7.00 - 1400 Fee paying and government funded. Free and secular by law. |
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| LANGUAGE NAME |
Beal Feirste (Gaelic) |
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Mexico (Spanish) or La Ciudad de Mexico or el DF (Distrito Federal) to distinguish it from Mexico the country |
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| LOCAL FOOD |
Soda bread, potato bread, Irish stew |
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Tortillas, frijoles, chiles |
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| MONEY |
Sterling |
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