Dumbarton

Dumbarton is a town in in the Central Belt of Scotland, with a population of 17,000 in 2022. It stands on the north shore of the Clyde at the outflow of the River Leven, which drains Loch Lomond.
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  • Type: Town with 20,000 residents
  • Description: town and burgh in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Dun Bhreatainn”, “Dùn Bhreatainn”, “Dùn Bhreatann”, “Dùn Breatainn”, and “دمبرتن”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Dumbarton Castle and Dumbarton Central railway station.

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has the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Scotland.

Railway station
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serves the town of Dumbarton in , Scotland.

Stadium
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The Rock, known as The Rock sponsored by Marbill…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Langbank and Renton.

Village
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is a village on the south bank of the in , .

Village
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is a village in the in , Scotland.

Town
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is a town in the area of , . is situated 2½ miles north of Dumbarton.

Dumbarton

Latitude
55.9432° or 55° 56′ 36″ north
Longitude
-4.5708° or 4° 34′ 15″ west
Population
20,000
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB DBT
Open location code
9C7QWCVH+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26585768
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2650802
Wiki­data ID
Q34779
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Dumbarton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دمبارتون”
  • Asturian: “Dumbarton”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dambarton”
  • Basque: “Dumbarton”
  • Belarusian: “Дамбартан”
  • Bengali: “ডাম্বারটন”
  • Breton: “Dùn Breatann”
  • Bulgarian: “Дъмбартън”
  • Catalan: “Dumbarton”
  • Cebuano: “Dumbarton (kapital sa dapit sa konseho)”
  • Cebuano: “Dumbarton”
  • Chinese: “杜姆巴頓”
  • Chinese: “杜姆巴顿”
  • Chinese: “邓巴顿”
  • Czech: “Dumbarton”
  • Danish: “Dumbarton”
  • Dutch: “Dumbarton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دمبارتون”
  • Esperanto: “Dumbarton”
  • Estonian: “Dumbarton”
  • Finnish: “Dumbarton”
  • French: “Dumbarton”
  • Galician: “Dumbarton”
  • German: “Dumbarton”
  • Greek: “Νταμπάρτον”
  • Gujarati: “ડમબર્ટન”
  • Hebrew: “דאמברטון”
  • Ido: “Dumbarton”
  • Irish: “Dún Breatann”
  • Irish: “Dùn Breatann”
  • Italian: “Dumbarton”
  • Japanese: “ダンバートン”
  • Kannada: “ಡಂಬಾರ್ಟನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Дамбартон”
  • Korean: “덤버턴”
  • Latvian: “Dambārtona”
  • Lithuanian: “Dambartonas”
  • Malay: “Dumbarton”
  • Northern Frisian: “Dumbarton”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dumbarton”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dumbarton”
  • Norwegian: “Dumbarton”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Dumbarton”
  • Persian: “دامبرتون”
  • Polish: “Dumbarton”
  • Portuguese: “Dumbarton”
  • Russian: “Дамбартон”
  • Scots: “Dumbairton”
  • Scots: “Dumbarton”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Dùn Breatann”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dumbarton”
  • Slovak: “Dumbarton”
  • Slovenian: “Dumbarton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دامبرتون”
  • Spanish: “Dumbarton”
  • Swedish: “Dumbarton”
  • Tamil: “டும்பர்டோன்”
  • Telugu: “డంబర్టన్”
  • Turkish: “Dumbarton”
  • Ukrainian: “Дамбартон”
  • Urdu: “دومبارٹن”
  • Urdu: “ڈمبرٹن”
  • Welsh: “Dumbarton”
  • Western Frisian: “Dumbarton”
  • Yue Chinese: “登巴頓”
  • “Dumbarton”

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