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UK. Wales. Caerphilly. 51°39′05″N 3°16′58″W / 51.65139°N 3.28278°W / 51.65139; -3.28278. Nelson (sometimes Welsh: Ffos y Gerddinen) is a village and community in the County Borough of Caerphilly, Wales. It sits five miles north of Caerphilly and ten miles north of Cardiff, at the lower end of the Taff Bargoed Valley, and ...
The original basis for descriptive regional names in New South Wales is based on the geography of the State. The State can be divided into four components: the coastal regions fronting the Tasman Sea in the east of the State. the highlands which form part of the Great Dividing Range. the western (inland) slopes of the highlands, which form the ...
Rouse Hill. Nelson is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 42 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of The Hills Shire. It is part of the Hills District.
South Wales (Welsh: De Cymru) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north. Generally considered to include the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, south Wales extends westwards to include Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. In the western extent, from Swansea westwards, local ...
Nelson Bay is a significant township of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. [4][5] It is located on a bay of the same name on the southern shore of Port Stephens about 60 kilometres (37 mi) by road north-east of Newcastle, its nearest rail link. [6] At the 2021 census, Nelson Bay had a ...
The South Wales Valleys contain a large proportion of the Welsh population and remain an important centre of Welsh culture, despite the growing economic dominance of Cardiff. The UK Parliament's first Labour Party MP , Keir Hardie , was elected from the area, and the Valleys remain a stronghold of Labour Party power.
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. This article lists the various terms applied to be the "regions of Wales" and the regions used by various organisations. 19th Century Map using the term "North and South Wales".
Merthyr Tydfil[ a ] (Welsh: Merthyr Tudful) [ b ] is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. It is about 23 miles (37 km) north of Cardiff. Often called just Merthyr, it is said to be named after Tydfil, daughter of King Brychan of Brycheiniog, who according to legend was ...