Local time
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Dublin
53.34° N, 6.25° W
- Population
- 1,059,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 10
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 10 cities of Ireland in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Ireland, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 841
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 20 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 115 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Dublin City
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Time zone
- Europe/Dublin
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Dublin, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Dublin have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name is derived from the Irish words "dubh" ("black or dark") and "linn" ("pool"), referring to the color of the Liffey River.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
