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| x Carmarthenshire |
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Carmarthenshire (Welsh: Sir Gaerfyrddin or Sir Gâr) is a unitary authority in the south west of Wales and one of thirteen historic counties. Its three largest towns are Carmarthen, Llanelli and Ammanford. The county town and administrative centre of...
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| x Blaenau Gwent |
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Blaenau Gwent is a county borough and parliamentary constituency in South Wales. It borders the unitary authority areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Abertillery, Brynmawr...
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| x Newport |
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Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd) is a city and unitary authority area of Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about 12 miles (19 km) east of Cardiff, and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of...
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| x Ceredigion |
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Ceredigion (pronounced [kɛrɛˈdɪɡjɔn]) is a county and former kingdom in mid-west Wales. In extent it is more or less identical to the historic county of Cardiganshire, and it was reconstituted as a county under that name in 1996, reverting to...
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| x Vale of Glamorgan |
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The Vale of Glamorgan (Welsh: Bro Morgannwg) is a county borough in Wales; an exceptionally rich agricultural area, it lies in in the southern part of Glamorgan, south Wales. It has a rugged coastline, but its rolling countryside is quite atypical...
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| x Gwynedd |
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Gwynedd (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɡwɪnɛð]) is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although one of the biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated. A large proportion of the...
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| x Denbighshire |
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Denbighshire (Welsh: Sir Ddinbych) is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales....
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| x Caerphilly |
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Caerphilly (Welsh: Caerffili) is a county borough in southern Wales, straddling the ancient county boundary between Glamorgan and Monmouthshire.
Its main town is Caerphilly. Other towns in the county borough are Bedwas, Risca, Ystrad Mynach,...
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| x Pembrokeshire |
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Pembrokeshire (pronounced /ˈpɛmbrʊkʃɪər/ PEM-brook-sheer, /ˈpɛmbrʊkʃər/, or /ˈpɛmbroʊkʃɪər/; Welsh: Sir Benfro) is a county in the southwest of Wales.
Pembrokeshire is a maritime county, bordered by the sea on three sides, by Ceredigion ...
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| x Swansea |
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Swansea (pronounced /ˈswɒnzi/ SWON-zee, Welsh: Abertawe, "mouth of the Tawe") is a city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower...
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| x Torfaen |
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Torfaen is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, which elects four...
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| x Neath Port Talbot |
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Neath Port Talbot (Welsh: Castell-nedd Port Talbot) is a county borough and one of the unitary authority areas of Wales. Neath Port Talbot is the 8th most populous county in Wales and the third most populous county borough.
The county borough...
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| x Monmouthshire |
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Monmouthshire (Welsh: Sir Fynwy) is a county in south east Wales. The name derives from the historic county of Monmouthshire which covered a larger area.
The historic county of Monmouthshire was formed from the Welsh Marches by the Laws in Wales Act...
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| x Anglesey |
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The Isle of Anglesey (Welsh: Ynys Môn pronounced [ˌənɨ̞sˈmoːn]) is an island and county off the northwest coast of Wales, with a predominantly Welsh-speaking population. It is connected to the mainland by two bridges spanning the Menai Strait: the...
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| x Conwy |
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Conwy County Borough is a unitary authority area in north Wales.
It contains the major settlements of Llandudno, Llandudno Junction, Llanrwst, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, Colwyn Bay, Abergele, Penmaenmawr and Llanfairfechan and has a total population of...
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| x Bridgend |
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Bridgend (Welsh: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a county borough in the historic area of Glamorgan, south Wales. The county borough has a total population of 130,000 people, and contains the settlements of Bridgend, after which it is named, Maesteg, and the...
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| x Wrexham |
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Wrexham (Welsh: Wrecsam) is a county borough centred on the town of Wrexham in north-east Wales. The county borough has a population of 130,200 inhabitants. Just under half of the population live either within the town of Wrexham or its surrounding...
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| x Cardiff |
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Cardiff (pronounced /ˈkɑrdɪf/ ( listen), Welsh: Caerdydd (info)) is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh...
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| x Rhondda Cynon Taff |
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Rhondda Cynon Taf, or RCT, is a county borough in South Wales.
The county borough borders Merthyr Tydfil and Caerphilly to the east, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan to the south, Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot to the west and Powys to the north....
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| x Merthyr Tydfil |
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Merthyr Tydfil (Welsh: Merthyr Tudful) is a town in Wales, with a population of about 30,000. Although once the largest town in Wales, it is now ranked as 13th largest urban area in Wales. It also gives its name to a county borough, which has a...
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| x Powys |
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Powys (pronounced /ˈpaʊ.ɪs/ by most English-language speakers, but [ˈpo.wɪs] in Welsh) is a local-government county and preserved county in Wales.
Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire, and a...
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| x Flintshire |
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Flintshire (Welsh: Sir y Fflint) is a county in north-east Wales. It borders Cheshire, Denbighshire, and Wrexham. It is named for the historic county of Flintshire, which had notably different borders. The county is governed by Flintshire County...
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