Northern Ireland's new district councils have been unveiled by the commissioner of the Local Government Boundaries Committee, Dick MacKenzie.
Mr MacKenzie said he had not taken political considerations into account and had not spoken to any politicians when drawing up the proposals, which would see 26 councils fall to 11.
He said: ‘The proposed boundaries of the districts are based on the amalgamation of existing councils, with the exception of Belfast for which I am recommending a revised boundary.'
Under the plans, Belfast would take parts of Lisburn and areas of Castklereagh council. The Silievecroob area of County Down would be incorporated into a single council area of Newry City and Down.
Belfast will have 60 wards and all other council areas will have 40. Some new council names will be created but many of the old names will be re-used.
There are now eight weeks left for written comments on the plans, followed by 11 public hearings, before the Northern Ireland Assembly make their decision.
The proposed new councils would be:
