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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Dumfries and Galloway Council	32
Dumfries and Galloway council area canonical	27
Council area of Dumfries and Galloway	1
Dumfries and Galloway Council Area	1
Dumfries and Galloway Council area	1
Stewartry of Kirkcudbright	1

Statements (99)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	council area of Scotland ⓘ unitary authority ⓘ
administrativeCentre	Dumfries ⓘ
border	Cumbria ⓘ East Ayrshire ⓘ Scottish Borders ⓘ South Ayrshire ⓘ
containsDarkSkyPark	Galloway Forest Park ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Mersehead RSPB Reserve ⓘ surface form: Ken-Dee Marshes RSPB Reserve Mersehead RSPB Reserve ⓘ
containsPeninsula	Machars ⓘ Rhins of Galloway ⓘ
containsRailLine	Glasgow South Western Line ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Dumfriesshire ⓘ surface form: Nithsdale Dumfries and Galloway council area self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Stewartry of Kirkcudbright
containsRiver	River Annan ⓘ River Cree ⓘ River Dee (Galloway) ⓘ surface form: River Dee River Esk ⓘ River Nith ⓘ
containsTown	Annan ⓘ Castle Douglas ⓘ Dalbeattie ⓘ Dumfries ⓘ Gatehouse of Fleet ⓘ Gretna ⓘ Kirkcudbright ⓘ Langholm ⓘ Lockerbie ⓘ Moffat ⓘ Newton Stewart ⓘ Stranraer ⓘ Whithorn ⓘ Wigtown ⓘ
containsTransportRoute	A75 road ⓘ A76 road ⓘ A77 road ⓘ
containsVillage	Canonbie ⓘ Creetown ⓘ Ecclefechan ⓘ Kirkcolm ⓘ Moniaive ⓘ New Galloway ⓘ Portpatrick ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
governingBody	Dumfries and Galloway council area self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dumfries and Galloway Council
governmentType	single-tier local authority ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Irish Sea ⓘ Solway Firth ⓘ
hasDesignation	Wigtown ⓘ surface form: Wigtown Book Town
hasDiallingCode	01387 ⓘ 01461 ⓘ 01556 ⓘ 01557 ⓘ 01576 ⓘ 01581 ⓘ 01659 ⓘ 01668 ⓘ 01671 ⓘ 01683 ⓘ 01776 ⓘ
hasISO3166-2Code	GB-DGY ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea	DG ⓘ
largestTown	Dumfries ⓘ
lieutenancyArea	Dumfries ⓘ Kirkcudbright ⓘ Wigtown ⓘ
locatedIn	southwest Scotland ⓘ
partOf	Scotland ⓘ
timeZone	BST ⓘ UTC±00:00 ⓘ