County Down
County Down is one of the six counties of Ulster that comprise Northern Ireland. It contains part of Belfast, the capital and transport hub, so most visitors to the province are destined to pass through.
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County Down
- County with 516,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 26 feet (8 metres)
- Description: county of Northern Ireland
- Also known as“Co. Down”“County of Down”“Down”“Downshire”
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Latitude of center
54.3793° or 54° 22′ 46″ north
Longitude of center
-5.9694° or 5° 58′ 10″ west
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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: “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”
- Hindi: “डाउन काउंटी”
- 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: “Dauna”
- 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): “Dūnsċīr”
- 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”
- Tumbuka: “Down, Ireland”
- Turkish: “County Down”
- Turkish: “Down Kontluğu”
- Ukrainian: “Графство Даун”
- Ukrainian: “Даун”
- Urdu: “کاؤنٹی ڈاؤن”
- Venetian: “contea de Down”
- Welsh: “Swydd an Dún”
- Welsh: “Swydd Down”
- Western Panjabi: “ڈاؤن”
Northern Ireland: Highlights
Notable places include Belfast and Derry.
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