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Wales (Welsh: Cymru [ˈkəm.rɨ] ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the southwest and the Bristol Channel to the south. As of the 2021 census, it had a population of 3,107,494. It has a total area of 21,218 km2 (8,192 sq mi) and over 1,680 miles (2,700 km) of coastline. It is largely mountainous with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), its highest summit. The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable, maritime climate. The capital and largest city is Cardiff. A distinct Welsh culture emerged among the Celtic Britons after the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century, and Wales was briefly united under Gruffydd ap Llywelyn in 1055. After over 200 years of war, the conquest of Wales by King Edward I of England was completed by 1283, though Owain Glyndŵr led the Welsh Revolt against English rule in the early 15th century, and briefly re-established an independent Welsh state with its own national parliament (Welsh: senedd). In the 16th century the whole of Wales was annexed by England and incorporated within the English legal system under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. Distinctive Welsh politics developed in the 19th century. Welsh Liberalism, exemplified in the early 20th century by David Lloyd George, was displaced by the growth of socialism and the Labour Party. Welsh national feeling grew over the century: a nationalist party, Plaid Cymru, was formed in 1925, and the Welsh Language Society in 1962. A governing system of Welsh devolution is employed in Wales, of which the most major step was the formation of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament, formerly the National Assembly for Wales) in 1998, responsible for a range of devolved policy matters. At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, development of the mining and metallurgical industries transformed the country from an agricultural society into an industrial one; the South Wales Coalfield's exploitation caused a rapid expansion of Wales's population. Two-thirds of the population live in South Wales, including Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and the nearby valleys. The eastern region of North Wales has about a sixth of the overall population, with Wrexham being the largest northern city. The remaining parts of Wales are sparsely populated. Now that the country's traditional extractive and heavy industries have gone or are in decline, the economy is based on the public sector, light and service industries, and tourism. Agriculture in Wales is largely livestock based, making Wales a net exporter of animal produce, contributing towards national agricultural self-sufficiency. The country has a distinct national and cultural identity and from the late 19th century onwards Wales acquired its popular image as the "land of song", in part due to the eisteddfod tradition and rousing choir singing. Both Welsh and English are official languages. A majority of the population in most areas speaks English whilst the majority of the population in parts of the north and west speak Welsh, with a total of 538,300 Welsh speakers across the entire country. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Narratives set in Wales 82
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The Castellmarch Man
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Bywyd Blodwen Jones
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Fall of Giants
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Hugh Griffith
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Geiriau gorfoledd a galar
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Bwystfilod rheibus : hunangofiant
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Hon: Ynys y galon
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Pryfeta
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Fy mrawd a minnau
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Y llyfr enwau : enwau'r wlad
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Blodau gwyllt : Cymru ac Ynysoedd Prydain
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Dyddiau cŵn
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Draw dros y don
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Esgid wag
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Ben Bowen
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Croniclau Pentre Simon
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Crych dros dro
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Ffatri serch
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A Book of Welsh Birthplaces
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O! tyn y gorchudd : hunangofiant Rebecca Jones
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The Eyre Affair
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Collected stories of Gwyn Jones
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Baglu 'mlaen
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Byd yr ysbrydion
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Brenda Chamberlain
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Aelwyd gwlad
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Cell Angel
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Crime and Policing in the Twentieth Century - The South Wales Experience
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Y llong wen : a cherddi eraill
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National Redeemer - Owain Glyndŵr in Welsh Tradition
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Cyfrif un ac un yn dri
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Adenydd dros y môr
Works about Wales 15
- A tolerant nation? : Exploring ethnic diversity in Wales
- Wales and the quest for peace : from the close of the Napoleonic Wars to the outbreak of the Second World War
- A tolerant nation? : revisiting ethnic diversity in a devolved Wales
- Welsh Chapels
- Notitia Parliamentaria, Or, An History of the Counties, Cities, and Boroughs in England and Wales
- A tour through parts of Wales: sonnets, odes, and other poems
- A collection of forty-eight views of noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, towns, castles, churches, monasteries, and romantic places in north and south Wales
- England and Wales delineated
- Wales illustrated: in a series of views, comprising the picturesque scenery, towns, castles, seats of the nobility & gentry, antiquities, &c.
- XII views in Wales
- XII Views in North and South Wales
- Castles of Wales
- Castles and Fortifications of Wales
- Beauties of England and Wales
- Land of Stories. Flintshire Myths, Legend & Folktales
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