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Wales has seven cities as of September 2022. Bangor is Wales' oldest cathedral city, [1] whereas St Davids is the smallest city in the United Kingdom. [1] Cardiff is the capital city of Wales and its most-populous, followed by Swansea the second most-populous.
Cities listed are annotated as "(city)". Until the 16th century, a town was recognised as a city if it had a diocesan cathedral within its limits. The city of St Davids, with a population of about 2,000, received its city status in this way. St Asaph acquired city status in 2012 as part of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. [2
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.
Population density map in Wales from the 2011 census. ... Welsh name Population Cardiff: Caerdydd: 348,535 ... List of towns and cities in Scotland by population;
List of cities in Wales; List of towns in Wales; Welsh placenames; Political. List of communities in Wales; List of electoral wards in Wales;
[11] [12] Liverpool is sometimes described as the "Capital of North Wales", as its the largest city closest to North Wales. [13] Historical maps divide North and South Wales using the boundaries between Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, and between Cardiganshire and Merionethshire, but the modern-day divide is described as ambiguous or arbitrary ...
There are seven settlements in Wales with official city status. For a complete list of towns in Wales, see Category:Towns in Wales Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in Wales .
There are seven cities in total in Wales: in addition to the four principal areas with city status (Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and Wrexham), the communities of Bangor, St Davids and St Asaph also have the status. City status is granted by letters patent. Bangor – time indeterminate; Cardiff – 1905; Swansea – 1969; St Davids – 1994 ...