Wigtown (/ˈwɪɡtənˌ-taʊn/ (both used locally); Scottish Gaelic: Baile na h-Ùige) is a town and former royal burgh in Wigtownshire, of which it is the county town, within the Dumfries and Galloway region in Scotland. It lies east of Stranraer and south of Newton Stewart.[2] It is known as "Scotland's National Book Town" with a high concentration of second-hand book shops and an annual book festival.
Wigtown is part of the Machars peninsula.
^"Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^"Parish of Wigtown from The Gazetteer for Scotland". scottish-places.info.
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