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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.
Europe. Northern Europe and Western Europe. British Isles. Great Britain (the central southern part of the island's western side) Several other islands of Wales, the largest being Anglesey; Extreme points of Wales; Population of Wales: 2,999,300 (2009 estimate) Area of Wales: 20,779 km 2 (8,023 sq mi) Atlas of Wales
The North Welsh are sometimes referred to, in Wenglish, as Gogs (from the Welsh gogledd, "north") and the south Welsh as Hwntws (from tu hwnt roughly meaning 'far away over there' or 'beyond'). There are differences in the Welsh vocabulary between the north and south; for instance, the south Welsh word for now is nawr whereas the north Welsh is ...
The Celtic nations or Celtic countries [1] are a cultural area and collection of geographical regions in Northwestern Europe where the Celtic languages and cultural traits have survived. [2] The term nation is used in its original sense to mean a people who share a common identity and culture and are identified with a traditional territory.
Before Brexit, as part of the European Union and Eurostat, the system used was Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). Wales is a level 1 ITL region alongside Scotland, Northern Ireland and the 9 statistical regions of England, with the code "TLL". It is subdivided into two ITL 2 regions, which are themselves divided into ...
Geographic limits of the map: N: 53.5° N; S: 51.3° N; W: 5.5° W; E: 2.5° W; Date: 24 June 2009: Source: own work, using United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency data: Author: NordNordWest: Other versions: Derivative works of this file: A470-Wales.svg; NUTS 2 statistical regions of the United Kingdom map.svg; NUTS 3 regions of Wales ...
[5] [6] The region was used to manage European Union (EU) funding to this part of the United Kingdom, [1] with the funding applied in seven-year periods. [4] Between 2014 and 2020, €1.2 billion was allocated to the region by the EU, [7] and was classed by the EU as "less developed", having a GDP per capita lower than 75% of the EU average. [3]
5 June 2012, 00:57 (UTC) Source: This file was derived from: Wales location map.svg: Author: Wales_location_map.svg: NordNordWest, using United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency data; derivative work: Dr Greg