What is Magherafelt?
{{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 o