Dumfries and Galloway council area

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council area of Scotland unitary authority

Dumfries and Galloway council area is a large local government region in southwest Scotland, known for its rural landscapes, historic towns, and coastline along the Solway Firth.

Aliases (3)

Statements (99)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	council area of Scotland → unitary authority →
administrativeCentre	Dumfries NERFINISHED →
border	Cumbria → East Ayrshire → Scottish Borders → South Ayrshire →
containsDarkSkyPark	Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park →
containsFerryPort	Cairnryan →
containsForest	Galloway Forest Park →
containsHarbour	Cairnryan → Stranraer Harbour →
containsHistoricSite	Caerlaverock Castle → Drumlanrig Castle → Glenluce Abbey → Mull of Galloway Lighthouse → New Abbey → Sweetheart Abbey → Threave Castle →
containsIsland	Isle of Whithorn (village and headland area) →
containsLoch	Loch Ken → Loch Trool →
containsMountainRange	Galloway Hills →
containsNationalScenicArea	East Stewartry Coast National Scenic Area → Merrick Kells National Scenic Area → Nith Estuary National Scenic Area →
containsNatureReserve	Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve → Ken-Dee Marshes RSPB Reserve → Mersehead RSPB Reserve →
containsPeninsula	Machars → Rhins of Galloway →
containsRailLine	Glasgow–South Western Line →
containsRailStation	Annan railway station → Dumfries railway station → Kirkconnel railway station → Lockerbie railway station → Sanquhar railway station → Stranraer railway station →
containsRegion	Annandale → Eskdale → Galloway → Nithsdale → Stewartry of Kirkcudbright →
containsRiver	River Annan → River Cree NERFINISHED → River Dee → River Esk → River Nith →
containsTown	Annan → Castle Douglas → Dalbeattie NERFINISHED → Dumfries NERFINISHED → Gatehouse of Fleet → Gretna → Kirkcudbright → Langholm → Lockerbie → Moffat → Newton Stewart → Stranraer → Whithorn → Wigtown →
containsTransportRoute	A75 road NERFINISHED → A76 road NERFINISHED → A77 road NERFINISHED →
containsVillage	Canonbie → Creetown → Ecclefechan → Kirkcolm → Moniaive → New Galloway → Portpatrick →
country	Scotland →
governingBody	Dumfries and Galloway Council →
governmentType	single-tier local authority →
hasCoastlineOn	Irish Sea → Solway Firth →
hasDesignation	Wigtown Book Town →
hasDiallingCode	01387 → 01461 → 01556 → 01557 → 01576 → 01581 → 01659 → 01668 → 01671 → 01683 → 01776 →
hasISO3166-2Code	GB-DGY →
hasPostcodeArea	DG →
largestTown	Dumfries NERFINISHED →
lieutenancyArea	Dumfries NERFINISHED → Kirkcudbright NERFINISHED → Wigtown →
locatedIn	southwest Scotland →
partOf	Scotland →
timeZone	BST → UTC±00:00 →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dumfries and Galloway ("Dumfries and Galloway Council") → Kirkpatrick Durham ("Dumfries and Galloway Council") → Kirkpatrick-Fleming ("Dumfries and Galloway Council") → Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland ("Dumfries and Galloway Council") →	governingBody
Kirkpatrick Durham → Kirkpatrick-Fleming →	partOf
Cairnryan →	administrativeArea
Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland →	administrativeUnit
Dumfries and Galloway ("Stewartry of Kirkcudbright") →	containsRegion
Dumfriesshire →	currentAdministrativeArea
Lockerbie ("Dumfries and Galloway Council") →	governedBy
MOFFAT →	locatedInAdministrativeArea
Galloway →	modernAdministrativeContext
Southern Scotland →	partlyWithin