Northern Ireland has six counties: Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone. These counties were the principal local government divisions of Northern Ireland from its creation in 1921 going on to 1972 when the governmental features were abolished and replaced with the twenty-six unitary authorities which exist today. These councils have boundaries which may cross existing county borders. The six counties of Northern Ireland form two-thirds of the historical province of Ulster with the other three counties being Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan. The six counties still have limited political status with car license plates being assigned identifiers according to the
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