Dumfries and Galloway

Summary

Dumfries and Galloway is a council area^[1]. It draws 384 Wikipedia views per month (council_area category, ranking #8 of 25).^[2]

Key Facts

• Dumfries and Galloway is located in Scotland^[3].
• Dumfries and Galloway is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Dumfries and Galloway's instance of is recorded as council area^[5].
• Dumfries and Galloway's capital is recorded as Dumfries^[6].
• Dumfries and Galloway's shares border with is recorded as South Lanarkshire^[7].
• Dumfries and Galloway's coat of arms image is recorded as Arms of the Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council.svg^[8].
• Dumfries and Galloway's legislative body is recorded as Dumfries and Galloway Council^[9].
• Dumfries and Galloway's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 158312278^[10].
• Dumfries and Galloway's locator map image is recorded as Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland.svg^[11].
• Dumfries and Galloway's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83053211^[12].
• Dumfries and Galloway's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as GB-DGY^[13].
• Dumfries and Galloway's Commons category is recorded as Dumfries and Galloway^[14].
• Dumfries and Galloway's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1877232^[15].
• Dumfries and Galloway's catalog code is recorded as 8^[16].
• +1975-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dumfries and Galloway^[17].
• Dumfries and Galloway's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.07, 'lon': -3.6030555555555557}^[18].
• Dumfries and Galloway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011pcj^[19].
• Dumfries and Galloway's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as xx0319078^[20].
• Dumfries and Galloway's authority is recorded as Dumfries and Galloway Council^[21].
• Dumfries and Galloway's GSS code is recorded as S12000006^[22].
• Dumfries and Galloway's official website is recorded as https://www.dumgal.gov.uk/^[23].
• Dumfries and Galloway's FIPS 10-4 is recorded as UKU2^[24].
• Dumfries and Galloway's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dumfries and Galloway^[25].
• Dumfries and Galloway's page banner is recorded as Dumfries and Galloway banner Pendolino train near Gretna.jpg^[26].
• Dumfries and Galloway's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 599a1181-1b8b-4869-a0e2-ce35be49b259^[27].

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Geography

Dumfries and Galloway is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. It is located in Scotland^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Dumfries and Galloway's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+6426.8845'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+148790'}^[29], {'amount': '+150280'}^[30], {'amount': '+151100'}^[31], {'amount': '+147670'}^[32], {'amount': '+148700'}^[33], and {'amount': '+151160'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Dumfries and Galloway's instance of is recorded as council area^[5].

History and Context

+1975-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dumfries and Galloway^[17]. Its catalog code is recorded as 8^[16].

Why It Matters

Dumfries and Galloway draws 384 Wikipedia views per month (council_area category, ranking #8 of 25).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]