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County Down is one of the six counties of Ulster that comprise . It contains part of , the capital and transport hub, so most visitors to the province are destined to pass through.
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is a town straddling the boundary between County Down and in Northern Ireland, five miles north of the border with the Republic of Ireland.

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is a town on the south shore of Belfast Lough, in County Down. It was a holiday resort from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century but is now chiefly a commuter town for Belfast. In 2021 it had a population of 64,000.

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is a town in County Down in Northern Ireland, now governed as part of Newry, Mourne and Down District. It's best known as the place where St Patrick supposedly returned to Ireland, and his burial place, and the area is dotted with prehistoric and early Christian sites.

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is a town at the head of Strangford Lough, historically in County Down, with a population in 2021 of 29,600. The counties of Northern Ireland are no longer units of governance so since 2015 the town has been part of Ards and North Down "super-district".

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The , usually just referred to as "The Mournes", are the highest peaks of . They are dramatic and form the background to the south of County Down.

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is a town five miles northeast of Belfast. It's historically in County Down, but since 2015 has been governed as part of Ards and North Down District, along with Bangor and Newtownards.

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is a town in County Down in Northern Ireland, nowadays governed as part of Armagh, and Craigavon District. It stands on the road between Belfast and Newry so it grew up as a rest stop for stagecoaches, and in the 19th century it was a major centre of the Irish linen industry.

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is a seaside resort in County Down in Northern Ireland. The "new castle" was probably already tumbledown when first documented in 1433 and even its successors are long gone.

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is a village historically in County Down in Northern Ireland, nowadays governed as part of Lisburn and Castlereagh District. It's an attractive Georgian village dominated by Castle, the official residence of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and of the King whenever he's in the province.

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is a village historically in County Down in Northern Ireland, now governed as part of Newry, Mourne and Down District. It's on the west bank of the narrow outlet of Lough, where the tides rip back and forth, hence to the Vikings it was Strangr-fjǫrðr, the strong fjord.

County Down

Latitude of center
54.3793° or 54° 22′ 46″ north
Longitude of center
-5.9694° or 5° 58′ 10″ west
Population
516,000
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11233310903
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
2651037
Wiki­data ID
Q190684
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“County Down” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة داون”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه داون”
  • Aragonese: “Condau d’An Dúin”
  • Aragonese: “Down”
  • Armenian: “Դաուն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “Condáu de Down”
  • Azerbaijani: “Daun qraflığı”
  • Basque: “Down konderria”
  • Basque: “Downeko konderria”
  • Belarusian: “Графства Даўн”
  • Belarusian: “Даўн (графства)”
  • Belarusian: “Даўн”
  • Breton: “Down”
  • Breton: “Kontelezh An Dún”
  • Breton: “Kontelezh Down”
  • Bulgarian: “Графство Даун”
  • Bulgarian: “Даун”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Down”
  • Central Kurdish: “کاونتی داون”
  • Chinese: “Down Kūn”
  • Chinese: “唐郡”
  • Czech: “Contae an Dúin”
  • Czech: “Coontie Doon”
  • Czech: “Countie Doun”
  • Czech: “County Down”
  • Czech: “Down”
  • Czech: “Hrabství Down”
  • Danish: “County Down”
  • Danish: “Grevskabet Down”
  • Dutch: “County Down”
  • Esperanto: “Graflando an Dúin”
  • Finnish: “Downin kreivikunta”
  • French: “Comte de Down”
  • French: “comté de Down”
  • French: “Comté de Down”
  • French: “County Down”
  • Galician: “Condado de Down”
  • Georgian: “დაუნის საგრაფო”
  • German: “An Dun”
  • German: “An Dún”
  • German: “County Down”
  • German: “Down”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Ντάουν”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז דאון”
  • Irish: “an Dúin”
  • Irish: “An Dún”
  • Irish: “Co. an Dúin”
  • Irish: “Contae an Dúin”
  • Irish: “Contae an Dún”
  • Italian: “Contea di Down”
  • Italian: “County Down”
  • Italian: “Down”
  • Japanese: “ダウン県”
  • Korean: “다운주”
  • Kurdish: “County Down”
  • Latin: “Comitatus Dunensis”
  • Latvian: “Daunas grāfiste”
  • Lithuanian: “Dauno grafystė”
  • Macedonian: “Даун”
  • Manx: “Coontae yn Dooin”
  • Manx: “Coontae yn Doon”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Down Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “County Down”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Down”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Contae an Dúin”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “County Down”
  • Norwegian: “Down”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Dunscir”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Dūnscīr”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Eowanlandsċīr”
  • Persian: “شهرستان داون”
  • Polish: “Down”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Down”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Down”
  • Russian: “Даун”
  • Scots: “Coontie Doun”
  • Scots: “Coonty Doun”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Contae an Dúin”
  • Serbian: “Daun”
  • Serbian: “Даун”
  • Slovak: “Down”
  • Slovenian: “An Dun”
  • Slovenian: “An Dún”
  • Slovenian: “Down”
  • Slovenian: “Grofija Down”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Down”
  • Spanish: “Condado Down”
  • Spanish: “County Down”
  • Swedish: “County Down”
  • Swedish: “Down”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Daun”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Даун”
  • Thai: “เทศมณฑลดาวน์”
  • Turkish: “Down Kontluğu”
  • Ukrainian: “Графство Даун”
  • Ukrainian: “Даун”
  • Urdu: “کاؤنٹی ڈاؤن”
  • Venetian: “contea de Down”
  • Welsh: “Swydd Down”
  • Western Panjabi: “ڈاؤن”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “County Down”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.