What is Stranraer?
{{Infobox UK place |country = Scotland |official_name=Stranraer |gaelic_name=An t-Sròn Reamhar<ref>[http://www.ainmean-aite.org/database.asp?intent=details&id=544/''Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba ~ Gaelic Place-names of Scotland'']</ref> |scots_name=Stranrawer<ref>[http://www.scotslanguage.com/books/view/1/823/Names%20in%20Scots%20-%20Places%20in%20Scotland Scots Language Centre: Scottish Place Names in Scots]</ref> | population = 10,851 | population_ref = ([[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]]) |os_grid_reference=NX059606 |latitude=54.902 |longitude=-5.027 |unitary_scotland=[[Dumfries and Galloway]] |lieutenancy_scotland=[[Wigtownshire|Wigtown]] |constituency_westminster=[[Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)|Dumfries and Galloway]] |constituency_scottish_parliament=[[Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Galloway and Upper Nithsdale]] |post_town=STRANRAER |postcode_district =DG9 |postcode_area=DG |dial_code=01776 }} '''Stranraer''' ([[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]]: ''An t-Sròn Reamhar'', {{pronounced|ən̴̪ t̪ɾɔːn ɾãũ.əɾ}}) is a [[town]] in the south of [[Scotland]] in the west of the region of [[Dumfries and Galloway]] and in the county of [[Wigtownshire]]. It was formerly the ferry port connecting Scotland with [[Belfast]] in [[Northern Ireland]]. Ferries now leave from [[Cairnryan]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{UK-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Towns in Dumfries and Galloway]]