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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.
The council was entitled to petition for a charter granting borough status, whereupon the district became a borough and the district council a borough council headed by a mayor. In addition, a district could be granted letters patent granting city status. For the list of districts before 1974, see List of rural and urban districts in Wales in 1973.
Subsequent urban growth led to the designation of other places as boroughs, including Wrexham, Rhondda, Barry and Merthyr Tydfil, but many other settlements were only granted the status of urban district. [1] The Local Government Act 1972 allows civil parishes in England and Wales to resolve themselves to be town councils.
This includes devolved institutions, such as Visit Wales, [2] Natural Resources Wales, [3] and the Welsh Government itself, [4] [5] [6] using different sets of Wales' regions. Wales is most commonly sub-divided into between two and four regions, with a North–South divide, and North, Mid, South East and South West division being common.
The main rivers are the River Dee, part of which forms the boundary between Wales and England, the River Clwyd and the River Conwy, which all flow northwards into Liverpool Bay and the Irish Sea. Further round the coast, the Rivers Mawddach , Dovey , Rheidol , Ystwyth and Teifi flow westwards into Cardigan Bay, and the rivers Towy , Taff , Usk ...
List of towns in Wales; Welsh placenames; Political. List of communities in Wales; List of electoral wards in Wales; Lists of places within principal areas.
The historic counties of Wales are ancient subdivisions of Wales, used for various functions for several hundred years. Pembrokeshire was formed as a county palatine in 1138. In the south east, Norman advancement led to the creation of marcher lordships, such as Glamorgan, which served as semi-autonomous administrative divisions, although these ...
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.