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North Wales (Welsh: Gogledd Cymru) is a region of Wales, encompassing its northernmost areas.It borders mid Wales to the south, England to the east, and the Irish Sea to the north and west.
North Wales (Welsh: Gogledd Cymru) is an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of nine constituencies. The region elects thirteen members, nine directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in the 1999 Welsh Assembly election, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.
In 2024, a petition called for the prohibition of the name "Wales" and for the Welsh name Cymru to be the only name. The petition had gained 5,400 signatures by 4 January 2024, [28] [14] and over 10,000 by 15 January, meeting the threshold for a Senedd debate.
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The North Wales Pilgrim's Way (Welsh: Taith Pererin Gogledd Cymru) is a long-distance walking route in North Wales, running from near Holywell in the east to Bardsey Island (Welsh: Ynys Enlli) in the west. The first half of the trail takes an inland route, with the second half (from Abergwyngregyn onwards) following the north coast of the Llŷn ...
The Cymru North is a regional football league in Wales, covering the northern half of the country. [1] It initially had clubs with semi-professional status. Together with the Cymru South , it forms the second tier of the Welsh football league system .
Plaid Cymru has called for a trans-Wales railway as a solution to bridge the cultural divide between north and south. [ 19 ] There is a north–south divide in language, not only between more and less Welsh-speaking areas, but also in terms of accents (both relating to English and Welsh) and dialects of Welsh. [ 20 ]
The Senedd constituencies and electoral regions (Welsh: Etholaethau a Rhanbarthau etholiadol Senedd Cymru) [i] are the electoral districts used to elect members of the Senedd (MS; Welsh: Aelodau'r Senedd or AS) to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru), and have been used in some form since the first election of the then National Assembly for Wales in 1999.