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This made South Wales the most important part of Britain for ironmaking until the middle of the 19th century. Second, from 1850 until the outbreak of the First World War, the South Wales Coalfield was developed to supply steam coal and anthracite. [1] The South Wales Valleys hosted Britain's only mountainous coalfields. [2]
The statistical region covers all of western Wales from Denbighshire in the north, to the South Wales Valleys and including Bridgend, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, as well as the Isle of Anglesey off the north-west coast of Wales. [1] It covers an area of 1,240,000 hectares (12,400 km 2), with a coastline of 1,150 kilometres (710 mi).
English: Three Maps of Wales (mountains, hills and valleys) in the reception area of the Senedd building, Cardiff Bay. Date: 21 November 2022, 14:19:38: Source: Own work:
Wales: UKL West Wales and The Valleys: UKL1 Isle of Anglesey: UKL11 Gwynedd: UKL12 Conwy and Denbighshire: UKL13 South West Wales (Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire) UKL14 Central Valleys (Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff) UKL15 Gwent Valleys (Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Torfaen) UKL16 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot: UKL17 Swansea ...
Map of North Wales; common modern day definition in dark red, historical definition in dark red and light red (Montgomeryshire). Map of South Wales, defined either by combining South East and South West Wales (dark red); or the historic definition (dark red and light red); there are other definitions.
The mainland coastline, including Anglesey, is about 1,680 mi (2,704 km) in length. As of 2014, Wales had a population of about 3,092,000; Cardiff is the capital and largest city and is situated in the urbanised area of South East Wales. Wales has a complex geological history which has left it a largely mountainous country.
This is a list of vales in England and Wales. Vales are typically, though not universally, broad valleys between areas of higher ground. They may contain one or multiple rivers. Vale of Belvoir (Nottinghamshire / Leicestershire / Lincolnshire) Vale of Berkeley (Gloucestershire) Blackmore Vale or (Blackmoor Vale) Vale of Catmose
South Wales (Welsh: De Cymru [ˌdeː ˌkəmri]) 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 .