Place:Craigavon, County Armagh, Northern Ireland

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NameCraigavon
Alt namesCreag Abhannsource: Wikipedia
TypeTown
Coordinates54.467°N 6.417°W
Located inCounty Armagh, Northern Ireland
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Craigavon is a settlement in north County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was a planned settlement that was begun in 1965 and named after Northern Ireland's first Prime Minister — James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon. It was intended to be a linear city incorporating Lurgan and Portadown, but this plan mostly failed and less than half of the proposed work was finished. Among locals today, "Craigavon" refers to the mainly residential area between the two towns.

Craigavon sometimes refers to the much larger Craigavon Urban Area, which includes "Craigavon Centre, Brownlow, Lurgan, Portadown, Waringstown and Bleary" – with a population of 65,000.

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