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{{Infobox UK place
| official_name                = Magherafelt
| irish_name                   = Machaire Fíolta
| scots_name                   = Macherafelt<ref>[http://www.scots-online.org/dictionary/read.asp?letter=M The Online Scots Dictionary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303184512/http://www.scots-online.org/dictionary/read.asp?letter=M |date=2013-03-03 }} Retrieved 11 June 2012.</ref>
| local_name                   = 
| static_image_name = Magherafelt Presbyterian Church - geograph.org.uk - 2394776.jpg
| static_image_caption = <small>Magherafelt Presbyterian Church</small>
| map_type                     = Northern Ireland
| latitude                     = 54.75
| longitude                    = -6.61
| label_position = none
| belfast_distance_mi    = 35
| unitary_northern_ireland     = [[Magherafelt District Council|Magherafelt]]
| population                   = 8,372
| population_ref               = ([[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]])
| irish_grid_reference         = 
| country                      = Northern Ireland
| post_town                    = MAGHERAFELT
| postcode_area                = BT
| postcode_district            = BT45
| dial_code                    = 028
| constituency_westminster     = [[Mid Ulster (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Ulster]]
| constituency_ni_assembly     = [[Mid Ulster (Assembly constituency)|Mid Ulster]]
| lieutenancy_northern_ireland = [[County Londonderry]]
| website                      = 
}}
'''Magherafelt''' is a small town in [[Northern Ireland]], in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Magherafelt-Northern-Ireland|title=Magherafelt {{!}} Northern Ireland, United Kingdom|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-08-09}}</ref>
==Population facts==
On [[29 April]] [[2001]] the United Kingdom government had a [[census]] and found that there were 8,372 people living in Magherafelt. They also found that:
*27.1% of people living in Magherafelt were less than 16 years old and 13.7% were over 60 years old
*48.7% were male and 51.3% were female
*56.2% were from a [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] background and 41.8% were from a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] background
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== Other websites ==
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