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The regions of Wales have little administrative status, as of 2022, nor are they officially defined. Local government is primarily managed by the twenty-two principal areas. Some argue that Wales should stop using terms to describe regions of Wales, as they lack both strict definitions and boundaries, and instead consider Wales as a single entity.
English: Map of the four regional city deals in Wales; North Wales Ambition (pink), Growing Mid Wales (yellow), Swansea Bay City Deal (purple), and Cardiff Capital Region City Deal (orange). Date 5 December 2021
English: Map of the NUTS 3 regions of Wales, United Kingdom. Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 163 %. Geographic limits of the map: N: 53.5° N;
Population in Wales is concentrated in South Wales and the northeast; the remainder of the country is sparsely populated. This is a list of the 22 principal areas of Wales [1] [2] giving their most recent date of creation and the style by which they are known. The population and density are from the Office for National Statistics 2022 estimates ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 18:52, 17 June 2023: 720 × 960 (407 KB): DankJae: correct locations of some, for example Rhyl is in Denbighshire not Conwy, and Holyhead is on Holy Island.
There are 22 principal areas of Wales.They were established on 1 April 1996 by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (1994 c. 19). Eleven are styled "counties", including the cities of Cardiff and Swansea, and eleven are styled "county boroughs", including the cities of Newport and Wrexham.
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 mainland coastline, including Anglesey, is about 1,680 mi (2,704 km) in length. As of 2014, Wales had a population of about 3,092,000; Cardiff is the capital and largest city and is situated in the urbanised area of South East Wales. Wales has a complex geological history which has left it a largely mountainous country.