Wales

Wales

constituent country of the United Kingdom

Part of	Celtic nations
Year dem found am	5. century
Official name	Wales, Cymru
Native label	Cymru
Dey archive for	National Library of Wales
Official language	Welsh, English
Anthem	Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
Motto text	Cymru am byth!, Wales Forever!
Continent	Europe
Country	United Kingdom
Capital	Cardiff
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	United Kingdom
Located in time zone	UTC±00:00
Coordinate location	52°21′0″N 3°38′0″W
Coordinates of easternmost point	51°49′30″N 2°39′0″W
Coordinates of northernmost point	53°26′9″N 4°26′19″W
Coordinates of southernmost point	51°22′27″N 3°7′1″W
Coordinates of westernmost point	51°51′46″N 5°24′0″W
Highest point	Snowdon
Office held by head of state	monarch of the United Kingdom
State ein head	Charles III
Office head of government hold	First Minister of Wales
Government ein head	Eluned Morgan
Executive body	Welsh Government
Legislative body	Senedd
Member of	World Tourism Cities Federation
Currency	pound sterling
Dey share bother plus	England
Language dem use	English, Welsh
Tym dem start	5. century
Hashtag	Wales
Top-level Internet domain	.wales, .cymru
Flag	flag of Wales
Coat of arms	Royal Badge of Wales
Geography of topic	geography of Wales
History of topic	history of Wales
Patron saint	Saint David
‎most populous urban area	Cardiff
Related category	Category:Wales-related lists
Economy of topic	economy of Wales
Demographics of topic	demographics of Wales
Mastodon instance URL	https://toot.wales
Unicode character	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of Wales
Commonwealth Sport country code	WAL

Wales (Welsh: Cymru [ˈkəmrɨ] ^ⓘ) be a country wey be part of de United Kingdom. E be bordered by de Irish Sea to de north den west, England to de east, de Bristol Channel to de south, den de Celtic Sea to de south-west. As of 2021, e get a population of 3.2 million. E get a total area of 21,218 square kilometres (8,192 sq mi) den over 2,700 kilometres (1,680 mi) of coastline. E be largely mountainous plus ein higher peaks insyd de north den central areas, wey dey include Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), ein highest summit. De country dey lie within de north temperate zone wey e get a changeable, maritime climate. Ein capital den largest city be Cardiff.

Both Welsh den English be official languages. A majority of de population of Wales dey speak English. Welsh be de dominant language insyd parts of de north den west, plus a total of 538,300 Welsh speakers across de entire country. Wales get four UNESCO world heritage sites, of wich three dey insyd de north.

Demography

September 2022.

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Wales Office for National Statistics 2011 Census
Rank	Name	Council area	Pop.	Rank	Name	Council area	Pop.
1	Cardiff	City & County of Cardiff	335,145	11	Caerphilly	Caerphilly County Borough	41,402
2	Swansea	City & County of Swansea	239,000	12	Port Talbot	Neath Port Talbot	37,276
3	Newport	Newport City	128,060	13	Pontypridd	Rhondda Cynon Taf	30,457
4	Wrexham	Wrexham County Borough	61,603	14	Aberdare	Rhondda Cynon Taf	29,748
5	Barry	Vale of Glamorgan	54,673	15	Colwyn Bay	Conwy County Borough	29,405
6	Neath	Neath Port Talbot	50,658	16	Pontypool	Torfaen	28,334
7	Cwmbran	Torfaen	46,915	17	Penarth	Vale of Glamorgan	27,226
8	Bridgend	Bridgend County Borough	46,757	18	Rhyl	Denbighshire	25,149
9	Llanelli	Carmarthenshire	43,878	19	Blackwood	Caerphilly County Borough	24,042
10	Merthyr Tydfil	Merthyr Tydfil	43,820	20	Maesteg	Bridgend County Borough	18,888

External links

• Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
• BBC Wales
• VisitWales.com. The official international guide to places to stay and things to do in Wales.
• Gathering the Jewels – Welsh Heritage and Culture
• Photographs of Wales on Geograph Britain and Ireland
• Further historical information and sources at GENUKI