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Anglesey
Anglesey (Ynys Môn) is an island situated on the north coast of Wales with an area of.
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Blaenau Gwent
Blaenau Gwent (pronounced) is a county borough in Wales, sharing its name with a parliamentary constituency.
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Bridgend County Borough
Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a county borough in southern Wales, UK.
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Caerphilly County Borough
Caerphilly (Caerffili) is a county borough in southern Wales, straddling the ancient county boundary between Glamorgan and Monmouthshire.
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Cardiff
Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital of, and largest city in, Wales, and the eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom.
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Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally Sir Gâr) is a unitary authority in the southwest of Wales and is the largest of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.
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Ceredigion
Ceredigion is a county in the Mid Wales area of Wales and previously was a minor kingdom.
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Ceremonial counties of England
The ceremonial counties, also referred to as the lieutenancy areas of England, are areas of England to which a Lord Lieutenant is appointed.
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Clwyd
Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales, situated in the north-east corner of the country; it is named after the River Clwyd, which runs through the county.
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Consolidation bill
A consolidation bill is a bill introduced into the Parliament of the United Kingdom with the intention of consolidating several Acts of Parliament or Statutory Instruments into a single Act.
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Conwy County Borough
Conwy County Borough (Welsh: Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy) is a unitary authority area in the north of Wales.
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Denbighshire
Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych) is a county in north-east Wales, named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but with substantially different borders.
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Dyfed
Dyfed is a preserved county of Wales. It was created on 1 April 1974, as an amalgamation of the three pre-existing counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. It was abolished twenty-two years later, on 1 April 1996, when the three original counties were reinstated, Cardiganshire being renamed Ceredigion the following day. The name "Dyfed" is retained for certain ceremonial and other purposes. It is a mostly rural county in southwestern Wales with a coastline on the Irish Sea and the Bristol Channel.
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Ewenny
Ewenny (Ewenni) is a village and community (parish) on the River Ewenny in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
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Flintshire
Flintshire (Sir y Fflint) is a principal area of Wales, known as a county.
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Gwent (county)
Gwent is a preserved county and a former local government county in south-east Wales.
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Gwynedd
Gwynedd is a county in Wales, sharing borders with Powys, Conwy, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, and Ceredigion over the River Dyfi.
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Historic counties of Wales
The historic counties of Wales are sub-divisions of Wales.
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Lieutenancies Act 1997
The Lieutenancies Act 1997 (1997 c. 23) is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that defines areas that Lord-Lieutenants are appointed to in Great Britain.
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Lieutenancy area
Lieutenancy areas are the separate areas of the United Kingdom appointed a Lord Lieutenant - the representative of the British monarch.
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Llangedwyn
Llangedwyn is a village in Powys, Wales.
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Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant is a village and community in Powys, Wales.
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Llansilin
Llansilin is a village and local government community in Powys, Wales, about 6 miles west of Oswestry.
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Local Government (Wales) Act 1994
The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which created the current local government structure in Wales of 22 unitary authority areas, referred to as principal areas in the Act, and abolished the previous two-tier structure of counties and districts.
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Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.
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Local government in Wales
Since 1 April 1996, Wales has been divided into 22 single-tier principal areas for local government purposes.
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Lord-Lieutenant
The Lord-Lieutenant is the British monarch's personal representative in each county of the United Kingdom.
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Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful) is a large town in Wales, with a population of about 63,546, situated approximately north of Cardiff.
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Mid Glamorgan
Mid Glamorgan (Morgannwg Ganol) is a preserved county of Wales.
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Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) is a county in south east Wales.
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National Assembly for Wales
The National Assembly for Wales (Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru; commonly known as the Welsh Assembly) is a devolved parliament with power to make legislation in Wales.
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Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot (Castell-nedd Port Talbot) is a county borough and one of the unitary authority areas of Wales.
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Newport, Wales
Newport (Casnewydd) is a cathedral and university city and unitary authority area in south east Wales.
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Office for National Statistics
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the UK Parliament.
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Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire (or; Sir Benfro) is a county in the southwest of Wales.
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Pentyrch
Pentyrch (Pen-tyrch) is a village and community located on the western outskirts of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.
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Powys
Powys is a principal area, a county and one of the preserved counties of Wales.
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Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf, or RCT, is a county borough in the south of Wales.
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Shires of Scotland
The counties or shires of Scotland (Siorrachdan na h-Alba) are geographic subdivisions of Scotland established in the Middle Ages.
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South Glamorgan
South Glamorgan (De Morgannwg) is a preserved county of Wales.
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St Brides Major
St.
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Swansea
Swansea (Abertawe), is a coastal city and county, officially known as the City and County of Swansea (Dinas a Sir Abertawe) in Wales, UK.
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Torfaen
Torfaen (Tor-faen) is a county borough in Wales within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.
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Vale of Glamorgan
The Vale of Glamorgan, often referred to as The Vale, (Bro Morgannwg) is a county borough in Wales, bordering Bridgend, Cardiff, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
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Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.
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West Glamorgan
West Glamorgan (Gorllewin Morgannwg) is a preserved county and former administrative county of Wales, one of the divisions of the ancient county of Glamorgan.
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Wick, Vale of Glamorgan
Wick (Y Wig) is a community and small village in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, situated approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the coast.
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Wrexham County Borough
Wrexham County Borough (Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam) is a local government principal area centred on the town of Wrexham in northeast Wales.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preserved_counties_of_Wales
