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The statistical region covers all of western Wales from Denbighshire in the north, to the South Wales Valleys and including Bridgend, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, as well as the Isle of Anglesey off the north-west coast of Wales. [1] It covers an area of 1,240,000 hectares (12,400 km 2), with a coastline of 1,150 kilometres (710 mi).
The West Wales and the Valleys NUTS area also includes more westerly parts of North Wales as well as the South Wales Valleys. The preserved county of Dyfed covers what is generally considered to be West Wales; between 1974 and 1996, Dyfed was a county, with a county council and six district councils.
"West Wales" — Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire (excluding Llanelli). South Wales (West) — Llanelli, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and parts of Bridgend County Borough; South Wales (Valleys) — Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly County Borough, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen, and parts of Bridgend County Borough.
The South Wales Valleys (Welsh: Cymoedd De Cymru) are a group of industrialised peri-urban valleys in South Wales. Most of the valleys run north–south, roughly parallel to each other. Commonly referred to as "The Valleys" (Welsh: Y Cymoedd), they stretch from Carmarthenshire in the west to Monmouthshire in the east; to the edge of the ...
Wales: UKL West Wales and the Valleys: UKL1 Isle of Anglesey: UKL11 Gwynedd: UKL12 Conwy and Denbighshire: UKL13 South West Wales (Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire) UKL14 Central Valleys (Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff) UKL15 Gwent Valleys (Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Torfaen) UKL16 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot: UKL17 Swansea ...
South West Wales Tourism Partnership (SWWTP) [5] [6] Travel About Britain [7] West Cheshire & North Wales Chamber of Commerce [8] A different definition is used in the EU Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, which refers to South West Wales as a subdivision of West Wales and the Valleys comprising Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and ...
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and whose physical geography is characterised by a varied coastline and a largely upland interior. It is bordered by England to its east, the Irish Sea to its north and west, and the Bristol Channel to its south. It has a total area of 2,064,100 hectares (5,101,000 acres) and is about 170 mi ...
South Wales (Welsh: De Cymru [ˌdeː ˌkəmri]) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north. Generally considered to include the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire , south Wales extends westwards to include Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire .