Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Dumfries and Galloway is one of 32 council areas of Scotland . It was created in 1975 by uniting the historic region of Galloway to the County of Dumfries ( Dumfriesshire ) for the purpose of council administration , hence `` Dumfries and Galloway '' .
Simplified: Dumfries and Galloway is a council area in south west Scotland .