Andersonstown

Andersonstown
Irish: Baile Andarsan or
Baile Mhic Aindréis
Scots: *Andersontoon^[1]*
Andersonstown Irish: Baile Andarsan or ; Baile Mhic Aindréis; Scots: Andersontoon;
	Andersonstown Road, 2007
Population	(2001 census)
OS grid reference	NW4190927083
Irish grid reference	O003360
District	Belfast City Council;
County	County Antrim;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BELFAST
Postcode district	BT11
Dialling code	028
UK Parliament	Belfast West;
NI Assembly	Belfast West;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Antrim

Andersonstown, known colloquially as Andytown, is a suburb of west Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the foot of the Black Mountain and Divis Mountain. It contains a mixture of public and private housing and is largely a working-class area with a strong Irish nationalist and Irish Catholic tradition. The district is sometimes colloquially referred to as "Andytown". This area stretches between the Shaws Road, the Glen Road and the Andersonstown Road.

^ Language/Cultural Diversity – Irish Archived 7 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure.

[1] Language/Cultural Diversity – Irish Archived 7 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure.

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