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General information - Location

Country	Northern Ireland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.9076,Lat: 54.6725
Elevation	14 meter above sea level
Local time	1:34:50am
Population	66000 (4th largest city in country)
Name province/region	Northern Ireland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Newtownabbey
Name	Abbey

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Glengormley	3.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Greenisland	3.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Holywood	6.9 km	SouthEast
4 Carrickfergus	8.4 km	EastNorthEast
5 Belfast	8.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Belfast	Northern-ireland	8.6 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	108 km	SouthEast
3 Dublin	Ireland	152 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Newtownabbey lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North Eastern. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Stonyford Reservoir (0.5 km² at a distance of 18 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Divis with a height of 478 meter (at a distance of 9.6 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 67.2 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 94 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 77%, hill: 13%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Three and Six Mile Water Valleys

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 20 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is George Best Belfast City Airport (at a distance of 6.5 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.9 km2

3.4%

Nature

3.6 km2

6.4%

Wet nature

2.5 km2

4.5%

Agriculture

17.1 km2

30.2%

Urban area

28.5 km2

50.3%

Infrastructure

0.9 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Newtownabbey in country Northern-ireland

Newtownabbey at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	74 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	115 km	SouthSouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	175 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Newtownabbey

Type of weather in Newtownabbey	few clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	15 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	06:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:57 Europe/Amsterdam