Magherafelt

Magherafelt is a town historically in astride the old highway from Belfast to Derry and Donegal. The A6 now bypasses it to the north, and the counties are no longer units of local government, so Magherafelt is now part of Mid-Ulster District.
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Mid-Ulster Hospital and St Pius X College.

Hospital
is a local general hospital…

School
Saint Pius X College is a Roman Catholic…

School
St. Mary's Grammar School is a grammar school in Magherafelt, , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castledawson.

Village
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a in , . is situated 2½ miles northeast of Magherafelt.

Magherafelt

Latitude
54.7545° or 54° 45′ 16″ north
Longitude
-6.6078° or 6° 36′ 28″ west
Population
8,370
Elevation
249 feet (76 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB MFT
Open location code
9C6MQ93R+QV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 267762677
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2643208
Wiki­data ID
Q1854188
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Magherafelt” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مهرفلت”
  • Basque: “Magherafelt”
  • Bulgarian: “Махърафелт”
  • Catalan: “Magherafelt”
  • Cebuano: “Magherafelt”
  • Chinese: “馬拉費爾特”
  • Chinese: “马拉费尔特”
  • Dutch: “Magherafelt”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مهرفلت”
  • French: “Magherafelt”
  • German: “Magherafelt”
  • Hebrew: “מגראפלט”
  • Irish: “Machaire Fíolta”
  • Italian: “Magherafelt”
  • Japanese: “マラフェルト”
  • Korean: “마러펠트”
  • Latvian: “Maherafelta”
  • Macedonian: “Махерафелт”
  • Malay: “Magherafelt”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Magherafelt”
  • Norwegian: “Magherafelt”
  • Persian: “مهرفلت”
  • Polish: “Magherafelt”
  • Russian: “Марафелт”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Machaire Fíolta”
  • Silesian: “Magherafelt”
  • Spanish: “Magherafelt”
  • Swedish: “Magherafelt”
  • Ukrainian: “Магерафельд”
  • Welsh: “Magherafelt”

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Localities in the Area

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