Strabane

For the community in the United States, see Strabane, Pennsylvania.

Strabane
Town
The Square, town centre of Strabane
Strabane is located in Northern Ireland
Strabane
Strabane
Location within Northern Ireland
Population13,507 (2021 Census)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStrabane
Postcode districtBT82
Dialling code028
PoliceNorthern Ireland
FireNorthern Ireland
AmbulanceNorthern Ireland
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
Websitewww.derrystrabane.com
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Tyrone
54°50′N 7°28′W / 54.83°N 7.47°W / 54.83; -7.47

Strabane (/strəˈbæn/; from Irish An Srath Bán, meaning 'the white river-holm')[1][2][3] is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

Strabane had a population of 13,507 at the 2021 Census.[4] It lies on the east bank of the River Foyle. It is roughly midway from Omagh, Derry and Letterkenny. The River Foyle marks the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. On the other side of the river (across Lifford Bridge) is the smaller town of Lifford, which is the county town of Donegal. The River Mourne flows through the centre of the town and meets the Finn to form the Foyle River. A large hill named Knockavoe, which marks the beginning of the Sperrin Mountains, forms the backdrop to the town.

  1. ^ "PlaceNames NI". Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  2. ^ Room, Adrian (2003), Placenames of the world, Jefferson, NC: McFarland, p. 344, ISBN 0-7864-1814-1
  3. ^ "An Srath Ban/Strabane". logainm.ie. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Census 2011 Population Statistics for Strabane Settlement". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2019. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.