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Strabane

Strabane district
 
Geography
Area:
- Total
- % Water
Ranked 4th
862 kmē
? %
Admin HQ: Strabane
ISO 3166-2: GB-STB
ONS code: 95J
Demographics
Population:
- Total (April 29, 2001)
- Density
Ranked 20th
38,248
44 / kmē
Community: Catholic: 66.2%
Protestant: 33.3
Politics
Strabane District Council
http://www.strabanedc.org.uk
MP: Pat Doherty


Strabane is a town in the north west of County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, on the border with County Donegal.

The National Trust owns the house in which John Dunlap learnt the printing trade. He went on to print the United States Declaration of Independence.

Nearby, at Dergalt, is the ancestral home of Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States.

The core of the local grammar school (Strabane Grammar School ) is based in the house of the poet and hymnwright Cecil Frances Alexander, who wrote such hymns as All Things Bright and Beautiful.

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