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Londonderry

also known as Derry

County of Northern Ireland

Area:

2,070 sq km/799 sq mi

Towns and Cities:

Londonderry (county town), Coleraine, Portstewart, Limavady

Physical:

Hilly moorland, coniferous forest; Sperrin Mountains; Rivers Foyle, Bann, Roe, and Faughan; borders Lough Neagh

Industries:

Stone and lime quarrying, food processing, textiles and synthetic fibres, shirt manufacturing, light engineering, chemicals

Agriculture:

Farming is hindered by the very heavy rainfall; flax, cattle, sheep grazing on moorland, salmon and eel fisheries on the Bann

Population:

(1981) 187,000

Famous People:

Joyce Cary, Seamus Heaney, William Massey, former prime minister of New Zealand

Topography

Londonderry is bounded on the north by the Atlantic, and is dominated by the Sperrin Mountains which run in an arc from southwest to northeast, dividing the lowlands fringing the River Bann from those of the Foyle. Mount Sawell (670 m/ 2,198 ft) in the Sperrin Mountains is the county's highest peak. The Roe and the Faughan are the main westward flowing streams, while the Bann forms the eastern border for most of its length.