Newtownstewart

Newtownstewart
Main Street in Newtownstewart
Newtownstewart is located in Northern Ireland
Newtownstewart
Newtownstewart
Location within Northern Ireland
Population1,551 (2011 Census)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townOMAGH
Postcode districtBT78
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Tyrone
54°43′N 7°24′W / 54.717°N 7.400°W / 54.717; -7.400

Newtownstewart is a village and townland of 540 acres (219 ha) in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is overlooked by hills called Bessy Bell and Mary Gray and lies on the River Strule below the confluence with its tributary the Owenkillew. It is situated in the historic barony of Strabane Lower and the civil parish of Ardstraw.[2] In the 2011 Census it had a population of 1,551 people.[3] It lies within the Derry City and Strabane District Council area.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Placenames Database of Ireland". Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Townlands of County Tyrone". IreAtlas Townland Database. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Census 2011 Population Statistics for Newtownstewart Settlement". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Archived from the original on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 Archived 28 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine. © Crown copyright.