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about Wales
Wales is a Celtic
country and one of the four constituent parts
of the United Kingdom (along with England, Scotland,
and Northern Ireland). Wales is located in the
south-west of Great Britain, and is bordered by
England to the east, the Bristol Channel to the
south, St George's Channel in the west, and the
Irish Sea to the north.
Mid Wales
Mid Wales is the name given to the area of Wales
between North Wales and South Wales. It borders
England via the Welsh Marches to the east and
the Irish Sea via Cardigan Bay to the west (West
Wales is to the south-west). The region approximately
consists of the administrative counties of Ceredigion
and Powys, or the traditional
counties of Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Montgomeryshire
and Radnorshire. Mid Wales is dominated by the
remote Cambrian Mountains which run down the centre
of the area. It is sparsely populated, with most
settlements being situated to the east of the
mountains, including Builth Wells, Welshpool,
and Newtown. There are also a few towns on the
coast, most notably Aberystwyth,
the de facto capital of the region.
North Wales
North Wales (known in some archaic texts as Northgalis)
is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales,
bordered to the south by Mid Wales. It comprises
the island of Anglesey, the Lleyn peninsula, the
Snowdonia mountain range, the Conwy valley and
the River Dee. The area is mostly rural with many
mountains and valleys and this, in combination
with its coast (on the Irish Sea), has ensured
that apart from farming, tourism is the principal
industry. Economically, the average income per
capita of the local population is the lowest in
the UK and much of the region has EU Objective
1 status. The region is made up of the following
administrative areas:
the county borough of Wrexham
(Wrecsam)
the county of Flintshire
(Sir y Fflint)
the county of Denbighshire
(Sir Ddinbych)
the county borough of Conwy
the county of Gwynedd
the county of the Isle
of Anglesey (Ynys Môn)
The majority of the settlements in North Wales
are along the coast, including some popular resorts,
such as Rhyl, Llandudno and Pwllheli. The A55
expressway links these towns with the north of
England and the port of Holyhead
for ferries to Ireland; few routes connect North
Wales with South Wales. There are two cathedral
cities - Bangor and
St. Asaph, and a number
of mediaeval castles (e.g.: Harlech, Caernarfon,
Beaumaris, Conwy).
North Wales has a somewhat separate identity
to the rest of Wales. Its dialect of the Welsh
language differs to that of South Wales in some
ways; for example llefrith is used instead of
llaeth for "milk". Colloquially, a person
from North Wales (especially one who speaks with
this dialect or accent) is known as a North
Walian, or, occasionally, a gog
(from the Welsh gogledd, meaning "north").
South Wales
South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England
and the Bristol Channel to the East and South,
and Mid Wales and West Wales to the North and
West.
The exact extent of the area is loosely-defined,
but incorporates the cities of Cardiff
and Newport, the South
Wales Valleys (and the Brecon Beacons National
Park), and Monmouthshire.
The western border of the region is sometimes
defined to include Swansea,
Carmarthenshire
and Pembrokeshire,
and the northern boundary is usually taken as
Builth Wells or the border of Powys.
West Wales
West Wales is the west area of Wales
bordered by South Wales to the east. The area
is loosely-defined, but is generally considered
to include Pembrokeshire,
Carmarthenshire, and often the city of Swansea.
Southern Pembrokshire is the area known as Little
England beyond Wales.
The area includes the Pembrokeshire Coast National
Park.
Towns of the region include Llanelli and Carmarthen.
Until 1999, Wales was ruled directly from London;
that year saw the first elections to the National
Assembly for Wales, which has limited domestic
powers and cannot make law. Wales does not issue
its own currency and is not in control of any
armed forces. These are the powers of the national
government of the UK, based at Westminster. The
capital of Wales since 1955 has been Cardiff.
Wales is located on a peninsula in central-west
Great Britain. The entire area of Wales is about
20,779 km2 (8,023 square miles). It is about 274
km (170 miles) long and 97 km (60 miles) wide.
Wales borders by England to the east and by sea
in the other three directions: the Bristol Channel
to the south, St George's Channel to the west,
and the Irish Sea to the north. Together, Wales
has over 965 km (600 miles) of coastline. There
are several islands off the Welsh mainland, the
largest being Anglesey
in the northwest.
The main population and industrial areas are
in South Wales, consisting of the cities of Cardiff,
Swansea and Newport
and surrounding areas.
Much of Wales's diverse landscape is mountainous,
particularly in the north and central regions.
The mountains were shaped during the last ice
age, the Devensian glaciation. The highest mountains
in Wales are in Snowdonia, and include Snowdon,
which, at 1085 m (3,560 feet) is the highest peak
in England and Wales. The 14 Welsh mountains over
3000 feet high are known collectively as the Welsh
3000s.
The Brecon Beacons are in the south and are joined
by the Cambrian Mountains in mid-Wales.
The Seven Wonders of Wales is
a traditional list of seven geographic and cultural
landmarks in Wales: Snowdon (the highest mountain),
the Gresford bells (the peal of bells in the medieval
church of All Saints at Gresford), the Llangollen
bridge (built in 1347 over the River Dee), St
Winefride's Well (a pilgrimage site at Holywell
in Flintshire) the Wrexham steeple (16th century
tower of St. Giles Church in Wrexham), the Overton
yew trees (ancient yew trees in the churchyard
of St Mary's at Overton-on-Dee) and Pistyll Rhaeadr
(Wales's tallest waterfall, at 240 feet or 75
m).
Economy
Parts of Wales have been heavily industrialised
since the eighteenth century. Coal, copper, iron,
lead, and gold have been mined in Wales, and slate
has been quarried. Ironworks and tinplate works,
along with the coal mines, attracted large numbers
of immigrants during the nineteenth century, particularly
to the valleys north of Cardiff.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
(meaning St Mary's Church in the Hollow of the
White Hazel near a Rapid Whirlpool and the Church
of St. Tysilio near the Red Cave), a village on
the island of Anglesey
in Wales is the longest official placename
in the United Kingdom and the third-longest in
the world. However, not everyone realises that
the name is an invention, the real name of the
village being Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.
For day-to-day purposes, the name is abbreviated
to Llanfair PG or Llanfairpwll.
Towns
Aberaeron
| Aberdare | Abergavenny
| Abergele | Abertillery
| Aberystwyth | Amlwch
| Ammanford | Bala
| Bargoed
| Barmouth | Barry
| Beaumaris | Bethesda
| Betws-y-Coed
| Blaenavon
| Bridgend | Briton
Ferry | Brynmawr
| Buckley | Builth
Wells
| Caerphilly
| Caldicot | Cardiff
| Chepstow | Chirk
| Colwyn Bay | Conwy | Corwen
| Cowbridge | Criccieth
| Crickhowell | Cwmbran
| Ebbw Vale
| Fishguard | Flint
| Glanamman | Glynneath
| Gorseinon | Harlech
| Hawarden
| Holyhead | Holywell
| Kidwelly | Knighton
| Lampeter | Laugharne
| Llandeilo | Llandovery
| Llandrindod Wells
| Llandudno | Llanelli
| Llanfairfechan
| Llanfyllin | Llangefni
| Llangollen
| Llanrwst | Llantrisant
| Llantwit Major
| Llanwrtyd Wells
| Loughor | Machynlleth
| Maerdy | Maesteg
| Menai Bridge |
Merthyr Tydfil
| Mold
| Mostyn
| Narberth
| Newborough | Newport
| Pembrokeshire
| New Quay | Newtown
| Penarth | Pencoed
| Penmaenmawr | Pontardawe
| Pontypridd | Porth
| Porthcawl | Porthmadog
| Prestatyn
| Pwllheli
| Queensferry | Rhayader
| Rhuddlan | Rhyl
| Risca
| St Asaph | St
Clears
| Saltney | Shotton
| Swansea
| Talgarth | Tenby
| Tonypandy | Tredegar
| Tregaron | Treorchy
| Tywyn | Usk
| Whitland
| Wrexham | Ystradgynlais |
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