Wales - Economy

Wales (Welsh: Cymru; pronounced IPA: /ˈkəmɹi/, approximately "CUM-ree") is one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. Wales is located in the south-west of Great Britain and is bordered by Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the east, the Bristol Channel to the south, St George's Channel ...

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Parts of Wales have been heavily industrialised since the eighteenth century. Coal, copper, iron, lead, and gold have been mined in Wales, and slate has been quarried. Ironworks and tinplate works, along with the coal mines, attracted large numbers of immigrants during the nineteenth century, particularly to the valleys north of Cardiff. Due to the poor quality soil, much of Wales is unsuitable for crop-growing, and livestock farming has traditionally been the focus of agriculture. The Welsh landscape, protected by three National Parks, and ...

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Main article: History of Wales Humans first inhabited what is now Wales at the end of the last Ice Age. The first documented history was during the Roman occupation of Britain. At that time the area of modern Wales was divided into many tribes, of which the Silures in the south-east and the Ordovices in the central and north-west areas were the largest and most powerful. The Romans established a string of forts across what is now southern Wales, as far west as Carmarthen (Maridunum), and mined gold at Dolaucothi in Carmarthensh ...

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For the purposes of local government, Wales was divided into 22 council areas in 1996. These are unitary authorities responsible for the provision of all local government services, including education, social work, enivronment and roads services. Below these are community councils — informal organsiations that represent specific areas within a council area. The Queen appoints a Lord Lieutenant to represent her in the eight Preserved counties of Wales — which are combinations of council areas. The 13 traditional counties of Wales a ...

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Main article: Culture of Wales Wales - Food. Main articles: Welsh food, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]], and ...

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Main articles: Demographics of Wales and Demographics of the United Kingdom The population of Wales in the 2001 census was 2,903,085. This would make Wales the 134th largest country by population if it were a sovereign nation. In the 2001 Labour Force Survey, 60 per cent of adults in Wales considered their national identity as wholly Welsh and another 7 per cent considered themselves to be partly Welsh (Welsh and British ...

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The population of Wales in the 2001 census was 2,903,085. This would make Wales the 134th largest country by population if it were a sovereign nation. Wales - Language. The official languages in Wales are English and Welsh. English is spoken by almost all people in Wales and is the de facto main language, with the local dialect being Welsh English. However, Wales is officially bilingual, with 20% of the population having some knowledge of the language according to the 2001 census, although few resid ...

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Wales shares the same legal system as England, within the legal distinction of England and Wales. England legally annexed Wales under the Laws in Wales Act 1535, in the reign of King Henry VIII. The Wales and Berwick Act 1746 provided that all laws that applied to England would automatically apply to Wales (and Berwick, a town located on the Anglo-Scottish border) unless the law explicitly stated otherwise. This act, with regard to ...

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Main article: Politics of Wales; see also Politics of the United Kingdom As one of the constituent parts of the United Kingdom, the head of state in Wales is the British monarch currently Queen Elizabeth II (since 1952). Executive power is derived by the Queen, and exercised by the Parliament of the United Kingdom at Westminster, with some powers devolved to the National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff. The United Kingdom Parliament retains responsibility for passing primary legislation in Wales. The National Assembly has regulat ...

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Main article: Geography of Wales Wales is located on a peninsula in central-west Great Britain. The entire area of Wales is about 20,779 km2 (8,023 square miles). It is about 274 km (170 miles) long and 97 km (60 miles) wide. Wales borders by England to the east and by sea in the other three directions: the Bristol Channel to the south, St George's Channel to the west, and the Irish Sea to the north. Together, Wales has over 965 km (600 miles) of coastline. There are several islands off the Welsh mainland, the large ...

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Tredegar House, Newport Hall of the Mountain Kings, Ogof Craig a Ffynnon, a cave in the Brecon Beacons The University of Wales, Lampeter, the oldest higher education institution in Wales The Castle and Old College building, Aberystwyth ...

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