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Dumfries (former administrative division) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 55 10 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 55.1667 decimal degrees |
Long: 003 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -3.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: A former county in southwestern Scotland. Under local government reorganization in 1975 it became part of Dumfries and Galloway. |
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Dumfries (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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Dumfrieshire (C,V)
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DFS (C,V)
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Dumfries County (NA,V,English,U)
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Dumfriesshire (H,V,English,U)
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Dumfries (former administrative division) (P) |
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former administrative division (preferred, C) |
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county (H) |
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second level subdivision (C) |
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