| Europe > Northern Europe > Ireland | |
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| Official Name Republic of Ireland | |
| Region Europe | |
| Sub-Region Northern Europe | |
| Capital Dublin | |
| Currency Euro (EUR) | |
| Independence Day 24 Apr 1916: Proclamation of the Irish Republic commencing the Easter Rising on April 24, 1916. Independence from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Usually celebrated on Easter Monday. | |
| Population 4,593,100 | |
| Nationality Irish | |
| Ethnic Group 82.2% White Irish, 9.5% Other White, 2.6% Not stated, 1.7% Other Asian / Asian Irish, 1.5% Other, 1.2% Black Irish / Black African, 0.7% Irish Traveller, 0.4% Chinese, 0.1% Other Black | |
| Area 70,273 km2 | |
| Neighbor Countries United Kingdom | |
| Time Zone GMT/WET (UTC) | |
| Geo Location Latitude 53.00, Longitude -8.00 | |
| Dialing Code +353 | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 2 code IE | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 3 code IRL | |
| ISO 9166 numeric 3 code 372 | |
| Code for International Olympic Committee IRL | |
| Country Domain (ccTLD) .ie | |