County Down, (Contae An Dúin in Irish) is one of the six counties that form Northern Ireland (United Kingdom), cIt belongs to the province of Ulster. The estimated population is around 454,000. The county town is Downpatrick, and the largest town is Bangor. County Down contains both the southernmost point in Northern Ireland (Cranfield Point) and the easternmost point on the island of Ireland (Burr Point).
The county borders County Antrim to the north, the Irish Sea to the east and County Armagh to the west.
An area of County Down is known as Brontë Country, after Patrick Brontë (originally Prunty) -- father of Anne, Charlotte, and Emily Brontë -- who was born in this region.
County Down is also home to Exploris, the Northern Ireland Aquarium, located in Portaferry, on the shores of Strangford Lough, on the Ards Peninsula.
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