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For local government purposes, Wales is divided into 22 unitary authorities. There are 9 counties, 3 cities, and 10 county boroughs, although all have equal status. Collectively these are known as the principal areas of Wales. They came into being on April 1, 1996.

See: List of Welsh principal areas by population, List of Welsh principal areas by area, List of Welsh principal areas by percentage Welsh language

1 Principal areas of Wales

Areas are Counties, unless marked * (for Cities) or † (for County Boroughs). Welsh language forms are given in parentheses, where they differ from the English.

  1. Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful) †
  2. Caerphilly (Caerffili) †
  3. Blaenau Gwent †
  4. Torfaen (Tor-faen) †
  5. Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)
  6. Newport (Casnewydd) *
  7. Cardiff (Caerdydd) *
  8. Vale of GlamorganThe Vale of Glamorgan ( Welsh: Dyffryn (or Bro Morgannwg is an exceptionally rich agricultural area in the southern part of Glamorgan, Wales. It has a rugged coastline, but its rolling countryside is quite untypical of Wales as a whole. It has been a coun (Bro Morgannwg) †
  9. BridgendBridgend is a county borough in southern Wales. The county borough has a total population of 130,000 people, and contains the settlements of Bridgend, after which it is named, Maesteg, and the seaside town of Porthcawl. Its member of the National Assembly (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) †
  10. Rhondda Cynon Taf †
  11. Neath Port TalbotNeath Port Talbot ( Welsh: Castell-nedd Port Talbot is a county borough in Glamorgan, South Wales. The borough borders Bridgend and Rhondda Cynon Taf to the east, Powys and Carmarthenshire to the north and Swansea to the west. Its main towns, as the name (Castell-nedd Port Talbot) †
  12. SwanseaThis page is about Swansea in Wales. For others, see Swansea (disambiguation). Swansea ( Welsh: Abertawe "aber" river-mouth + river Tawe) is a city and county in south Wales, situated on the coast, immediately to the east of the Gower peninsula in the tra (Abertawe) *
  13. CarmarthenshireCarmarthenshire ( Welsh: Sir Gaerfyrddin is a county in Wales. Its main towns are Carmarthen, Llanelli and Ammanford. Old info about old Carmarthenshire below Known in Welsh as Sir Gaerfyrddin. A maritime County bounded N. by Cardiganshire, E. by Brecknoc (Sir Gaerfyrddin)
  14. CeredigionCeredigion is a county in Wales. It was previously part of Dyfed (along with Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire) and before that it was known as Cardiganshire or Sir Aberteifi in Welsh. It is a coastal county, bordered by Cardigan Bay to the west, Gwynedd
  15. PowysPowys is an administrative county in Wales, over 2000 sq. It covers the areas of the traditional counties of Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Brecknockshire. It was created in the local government reform of 1974, and originally had Montgomery and Radnor a
  16. Wrexham (Wrecsam) †
  17. Flintshire (Sir y Fflint)
  18. Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych)
  19. Conwy †
  20. Gwynedd
  21. Anglesey (Ynys Môn)
  22. Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)


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