Geography
The Dumfries and Galloway Council region is composed of counties and their sub-areas. - From west to east:
- Wigtownshire County
- the sub-area of Wigtownshire - Rhins of Galloway • ------------divided into census areas (civil parish areas)
- the sub-area of Wigtownshire - Machars (archaically, Farines)--divided into census areas (civil parish areas)
- Kirkcudbrightshire County
- the sub-area of Kirkcudbrightshire - Stewartry (archaically, Desnes)
- Dumfriesshire County
- the sub-area of Dumfriesshire - Nithsdale •
- the sub-area of Dumfriesshire - Annandale •
- the sub-area of Dumfriesshire - Eskdale
The term 'Dumfries and Galloway' has been used since at latest the 19th century - by 1911 the three counties had a united Sheriffdom under that name. Dumfries and Galloway covers the majority of the Western area of the Southern Uplands, it also hosts Scotland's most Southerly point, at the Mull of Galloway in the west of the region.
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