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Wales
Cymru
Flag of Wales
Motto: [Cymru am byth ] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
(English "Wales forever")
Anthem: ["Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau"] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
(English "Land of my fathers")
Location of BritishWatcher/Box (inset - orange) in the United Kingdom (camel) in the European continent (white)
Location of BritishWatcher/Box (inset - orange)
in the United Kingdom (camel)

in the European continent (white)

Capital
and largest city
Cardiff, Caerdydd
51°29′N 3°11′W / 51.483°N 3.183°W / 51.483; -3.183
National LanguagesWelsh (indigenous), English (most widely used)
Demonym(s)Welsh, Cymry
GovernmentPartly devolved administration
within Constitutional monarchy of the UK
Rhodri Morgan AM
Ieuan Wyn Jones AM
Peter Hain MP
Gordon Brown MP
Elizabeth II
LegislatureParliament of the UK and National Assembly for Wales
Unification
1056
Area
• Total
20,779 km2 (8,023 sq mi)
Population
• 2008 estimate
3,004,6001
• 2001 census
2,903,085
• Density
140/km2 (362.6/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)2006 (for national statistics) estimate
• Total
US$85.4 billion
• Per capita
US$30,546
HDI (2003)0.939
very high
CurrencyPound sterling (GBP)
Time zoneUTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+1 (BST)
Calling code44
ISO 3166 codeGB-WLS
Internet TLD.uk2
  1. Office for National Statistics - UK population grows to more than 60 million
  2. Also .eu, as part of the European Union. ISO 3166-1 is GB, but .gb is unused.
Wales
Cymru
Flag of Wales
Motto: [Cymru am byth ] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
(English "Wales forever")
Anthem: ["Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau"] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
(English "Land of my fathers")
Location of BritishWatcher/Box (inset - orange) in the United Kingdom (camel) in the European continent (white)
Location of BritishWatcher/Box (inset - orange)
in the United Kingdom (camel)

in the European continent (white)

Capital
and largest city
Cardiff, Caerdydd
51°29′N 3°11′W / 51.483°N 3.183°W / 51.483; -3.183
National LanguagesWelsh (indigenous), English (most widely used)
Demonym(s)Welsh, Cymry
GovernmentPartly devolved administration
within Constitutional monarchy of the UK
Elizabeth II
Rhodri Morgan AM
Ieuan Wyn Jones AM
Gordon Brown MP
Peter Hain MP
LegislatureParliament of the UK and National Assembly for Wales
Unification
1056
Area
• Total
20,779 km2 (8,023 sq mi)
Population
• 2008 estimate
3,004,6001
• 2001 census
2,903,085
• Density
140/km2 (362.6/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)2006 (for national statistics) estimate
• Total
US$85.4 billion
• Per capita
US$30,546
HDI (2003)0.939
very high
CurrencyPound sterling (GBP)
Time zoneUTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+1 (BST)
Calling code44
ISO 3166 codeGB-WLS
Internet TLD.uk2
  1. Office for National Statistics - UK population grows to more than 60 million
  2. Also .eu, as part of the European Union. ISO 3166-1 is GB, but .gb is unused.
  1. ^ a b Davies, John (1994). A History of Wales. London: Penguin. p. 100. ISBN 0-14-01-4581-8.