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County Mayo (, meaning "Plain of the yew trees") is a county in Ireland. In the West of Ireland, it is part of the province of Connacht and is named after the village of Mayo, now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 130,638 at the 2011 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=STATISTICAL TABLES Census 2011 – Town and Country )〕 The boundaries of the county, which was formed in 1585, reflect the Mac William Íochtar lordship at that time. ==Geography== It is bounded on the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean; the south is adjacent to County Galway, the east is adjacent to County Roscommon; the northeast is adjacent to County Sligo. Mayo is the third-largest of Ireland's 32 counties in area and 15th largest in terms of population. It is the second-largest of Connacht’s five counties in both size and population. There is a distinct geological difference between the north and the south of the county. The north consists largely of poor subsoils and is covered with large areas of extensive Atlantic blanket bog, whereas the south is largely a limestone landscape. Agricultural land is therefore more productive in the south than in the north. *The highest point in Mayo and Connacht is Mweelrea, at *The river Moy in the northeast of the county is renowned for its salmon fishing *Ireland's largest island, Achill Island, lies off Mayo's west coast *Mayo has Ireland's third highest cliffs while; Sliabh League in Donegal are the highest (probably the highest in Europe)〔Ordnance Survey Ireland, 2012〕 at Croaghaun, Achill island while the Benwee Head cliffs in Kilcommon Erris drop almost perpendicularly into the Atlantic Ocean. There is a spectacular viewing point on the top of the cliffs opposite the entrance to the Céide Fields near Ballycastle in North Mayo *The northwest areas of County Mayo have some of the best renewable energy resources in Europe, if not the world, in terms of wind resources, ocean wave, tidal and hydroelectric resources〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Belmullet Wave Energy Test Site )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「County Mayo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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