dumfries and galloway

olspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#9999ff"\|Dumfries and Galloway
olspan=2 align=center\|
olspan=2 bgcolor="#9999ff"\|Geography
a href="/encyclopedia/Surface-area" title="Surface area">Area: - Total - % Water	Ranked 3rd 6,426 km² ? %
dmin HQ:	Dumfries
SO 3166-2:	GB-DGY
a href="/encyclopedia/ONS-coding-system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code:	00QH
olspan=2 bgcolor="#9999ff"\|Demographics
a href="/encyclopedia/Population" title="Population">Population: - Total (April 29, 2001) - Density	Ranked 11th 147,765 23 / km²
olspan=2 bgcolor="#9999ff"\|Politics
olspan=2 align=center\|Dumfries and Galloway Council http://www.dumgal.gov.uk
ontrol:
a href="/encyclopedia/MPs-elected-in-the-UK-general-election,-2001" title="MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001">MPs:	Russell Brown Peter Duncan
a href="/encyclopedia/Members-of-the-Scottish-Parliament" title="Members of the Scottish Parliament">MSPs:	Elaine Murray Alex Fergusson

Dumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. To the north it borders onto South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire; in the east the Borders; and to the south the county of Cumbria in England. It lies to the north of the Solway Firth and to the east of the Irish Sea. Dumfries and Galloway covers the traditional counties of Wigtownshire (in the west), Kirkcudbrightshire (centre) and Dumfriesshire (in the east). Together Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire are referred to as Galloway. The Galloway part of the region is made up of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, the Machars and the Rhins. The Dumfries part includes the Inner Solway and the former county of Dumfriesshire. It was created in 1975 as a two-tier region with the districts Annandale and Eskdale, Nithsdale, Stewartry, and Wigtown. These districts were abolished in 1996, and so Dumfries and Galloway became a unitary authority. The region is well-known for its many artists and writers. It is the scene of Dorothy Sayers's novel Five Red Herrings (1931).

Towns and villages

Ae, Annan
Beattock
Caerlaverock, Cairnryan, Carsphairn, Castle Douglas, Castle Kennedy, Creetown
Dalbeattie, Dalton, Drumlanrig, Drummore, Dumfries
Ecclefechan, Eskdalemuir
Gatehouse of Fleet, Glenluce, Gretna Green
Kirkcolm, Kirkcudbright
Langholm, Lochmaben, Lockerbie
Moffat, Moniaive, Mull of Galloway
New Abbey, New Galloway, New Luce, Newton Stuart
Portpatrick
Ruthwell
Sanquhar, St. John's Town of Dalry, Stranraer
Thornhill
Wanlockhead, Whithorn, Wigtown

Places of interest

Caerlaverock Castle - Historic Scotland
Caerlaverock NNR - National Nature Reserve
Corsewall Lighthouse, privately owned
Galloway Forest Park, Forestry Commission
Southern Upland Way - long distance footpath
Sweetheart Abbey, New Abbey
WWT Caerlaverock - a reserve of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust

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