Though the Census of Ireland 2011 counted 119,230 people in Cork city, there are in excess of 300,000 in Metropolitan Cork area. Overall Cork is 86.1% White Irish, 8.8% Other White, 2.2% Asian and 0.9% Black.
Longest Reign - Angola. Leila Lopes of Angola, Miss Universe 2011 will be reigning for the longest period in Miss Universe, approximately 1 year and 3 months (as Miss Universe 2012 will be held in December) from the time she was crowned on September 12, 2011.
Queen Elizabeth II is now the world's longest-reigning monarch, following the death of Thailandâs King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Thursday. The Queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth has reigned for 64 years since the death of her father on Feb. 6, 1952 and is now the world's longest reigning monarch, the BBC reports.