English information and pictures of Wales

Cities in Wales

20-03-2017

Wales has only a few large cities. These are all in the south of the country: Cardiff (Caerdydd), capital (2005: 302,000 inhabitants); Swansea (Abertawe) (2005: 171,000 inhabitants); Newport (Casnewydd) (2005: 117,000 inhabitants). The interior is sparsely populated and has a rough character; the region Powys covers about thirty percent of the total area of Wales, but has only four percent of the population.
In Wales, the village with the longest name in Europe: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
Ynys Môn) in the northwest is the largest.
The landscape of Wales is largely mountainous, especially in the north and center of the country. The mountains are formed during the Paleozoic, especially the Cambrian, and have also got their form during the Weichsel, the last ice age. The Brecon Beacons (Welsh: Bannau Brycheiniog) are located in the south, with the Pen-y-Fan (886 meters) as the highest point, and form a connection to the Cambrian Mountains, in the middle of Wales, which extend further into the north. The highest mountains in Wales are found in Snowdonia (Welch: Eryri) in North Wales; the Snowdon (1085 meters) is the highest mountain.

Flag of Wales

14-03-2017

The Welsh flag is white over green bottom center of the flag is a red dragon. There is no precise shape of the dragon set, and there are different interpretations. The red dragon is identified with Wales for centuries. The origin of the dragon is unclear and linked to various myths. A plausible explanation is that the Romans gave to the British island of the symbol in the shape of dragons standards. The oldest known source of the Welsh dragon is the Historia Britonum from approximately 830.
White and green job
The green and white stripes are from the arms of the Welsh Tudor, the English throne governed from 1485 to 1600.

large number of castles

12-03-2017

VertaalfoutThe conquest of Wales by the Normans was not ready in 1066 when England was defeated, but it was gradual, and the process was finally completed in 1282, when King Edward I of England defeated Llywelyn the Last. Eduard built numerous stone castles to keep the Welsh under control. The best known are (still) in Caernarfon, Conwy and Harlech.
The Welsh coast
Wales is on a peninsula in the central west of the island of Britain. The surface area of Wales is about 20 779 square kilometers, about the size of Slovenia. It is roughly 274 km from north to south and 97 km from east to west. Wales is bordered by England to the east and the sea in the other directions. All in Wales each has a coastline of 1,200 km. Furthermore there are several islands off the coast of Wales, whose Anglesey in the northwest is the largest.
The landscape of Wales
For a large part is mountainous, especially in the north and center of the country. The Brecon Beacons are located in the south, with the Pen-y-Fan (886 meters) as the highest point, and form a connection to the Cambrian Mountains, in the middle of Wales, which extend further to the north. The highest mountains in Wales are found in Snowdonia in North Wales; the Snowdon (1085 meters) is the highest mountain.

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