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<div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Geographical regions and sub-regions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Geographical_regions_and_sub-regions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-By_organisation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_organisation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>By organisation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_organisation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Visit_Wales" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Visit_Wales"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.1</span> <span>Visit Wales</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Visit_Wales-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Business_Wales" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Business_Wales"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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id="toc-Natural_Resources_Wales-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Wales_Spatial_Plan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wales_Spatial_Plan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.6</span> <span>Wales Spatial Plan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wales_Spatial_Plan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Former_organisations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Former_organisations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.7</span> <span>Former organisations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Former_organisations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Welsh_Development_Agency_and_the_Development_Board_for_Rural_Wales" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Welsh_Development_Agency_and_the_Development_Board_for_Rural_Wales"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.7.1</span> <span>Welsh Development Agency and the Development Board for Rural Wales</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Welsh_Development_Agency_and_the_Development_Board_for_Rural_Wales-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pre-mid-1990s_regions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-5"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pre-mid-1990s_regions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.7.1.1</span> <span>Pre-mid-1990s regions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pre-mid-1990s_regions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Post-mid-1990s_regions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-5"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Post-mid-1990s_regions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.7.1.2</span> <span>Post-mid-1990s regions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Post-mid-1990s_regions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_organisations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_organisations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.8</span> <span>Other organisations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_organisations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Statistical_regions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Statistical_regions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Statistical regions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Statistical_regions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-StatsWales" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#StatsWales"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1</span> <span>StatsWales</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-StatsWales-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Three_region_model_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Three_region_model_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1.1</span> <span>Three region model</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Three_region_model_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Four_region_model_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Four_region_model_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1.2</span> <span>Four region model</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Four_region_model_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_Territorial_Level_2_regions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_Territorial_Level_2_regions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.2</span> <span>International Territorial Level 2 regions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International_Territorial_Level_2_regions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cultural_regions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cultural_regions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Cultural regions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cultural_regions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Denis_Balsom's_three-Wales_model_(1985)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Denis_Balsom's_three-Wales_model_(1985)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.1</span> <span>Denis Balsom's three-Wales model (1985)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Denis_Balsom's_three-Wales_model_(1985)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Linguistic_regions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Linguistic_regions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Linguistic regions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Linguistic_regions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Welsh_speakers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Welsh_speakers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.1</span> <span>Welsh speakers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Welsh_speakers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dialect_regions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dialect_regions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.2</span> <span>Dialect regions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dialect_regions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-City_regions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#City_regions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>City regions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-City_regions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Regional_Tourism_Partnerships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regional_Tourism_Partnerships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Regional Tourism Partnerships</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regional_Tourism_Partnerships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Regional_Corporate_Joint_Committees" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regional_Corporate_Joint_Committees"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Regional Corporate Joint Committees</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regional_Corporate_Joint_Committees-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Regional_Skills_Partnerships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regional_Skills_Partnerships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>Regional Skills Partnerships</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regional_Skills_Partnerships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport-related" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport-related"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.10</span> <span>Transport-related</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transport-related-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cross-border_regions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cross-border_regions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.11</span> <span>Cross-border regions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cross-border_regions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Electoral_regions" 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searchaux" style="display:none">Undefined class of subdivision in Wales</div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> has traditionally been divided into a number of ambiguous and ill-defined areas described as <i><a href="/wiki/Region" title="Region">regions</a></i>, reflecting historical, geographical, administrative, cultural and electoral boundaries within the country. Presently, the most common form of division of Wales into "regions" has been using <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_direction" title="Cardinal direction">cardinal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Intercardinal_direction" class="mw-redirect" title="Intercardinal direction">intercardinal references</a>: north or south-west for example.<sup id="cite_ref-Nation.Cymru-2017_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nation.Cymru-2017-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> None of the variously described "regions" have official status or defined boundaries; neither is there a fixed number of regions. Various organisations use different regions and combinations of regions for their individual purposes. This includes <a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution" title="Welsh devolution">devolved</a> institutions, such as <a href="/wiki/Visit_Wales" title="Visit Wales">Visit Wales</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-VisitWales_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VisitWales-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Natural_Resources_Wales" title="Natural Resources Wales">Natural Resources Wales</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-NRW_Areas_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRW_Areas-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a> itself,<sup id="cite_ref-Business_Wales_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Business_Wales-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pros._for_all_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pros._for_all-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Future_Wales_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Future_Wales-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> using different sets of Wales' regions. Wales is most commonly sub-divided into between two and four regions, with a North–South divide, and North, Mid, South East and South West division being common. This article lists the various terms applied to be the "regions of Wales" and the regions used by various organisations. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LEWIS(1833)_p1.028_MAP_OF_NORTH_AND_SOUTH_WALES.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/LEWIS%281833%29_p1.028_MAP_OF_NORTH_AND_SOUTH_WALES.jpg/314px-LEWIS%281833%29_p1.028_MAP_OF_NORTH_AND_SOUTH_WALES.jpg" decoding="async" width="314" height="350" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/LEWIS%281833%29_p1.028_MAP_OF_NORTH_AND_SOUTH_WALES.jpg/471px-LEWIS%281833%29_p1.028_MAP_OF_NORTH_AND_SOUTH_WALES.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/LEWIS%281833%29_p1.028_MAP_OF_NORTH_AND_SOUTH_WALES.jpg/629px-LEWIS%281833%29_p1.028_MAP_OF_NORTH_AND_SOUTH_WALES.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1667" data-file-height="1856" /></a><figcaption>19th Century Map using the term "North and South Wales"</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Status">Status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regions of Wales have little administrative status, as of 2022, nor are they officially defined. <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Local government</a> is primarily managed by the <a href="/wiki/Principal_areas_of_Wales" title="Principal areas of Wales">twenty-two principal areas</a>. </p><p>Some argue that Wales should stop using terms to describe regions of Wales, as they lack both strict definitions and boundaries, and instead consider Wales as a single entity. However, others campaign for more recognition of Wales' various regions, such as the north and west.<sup id="cite_ref-Nation.Cymru-2017_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nation.Cymru-2017-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical_usage">Historical usage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Historical usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Geography_and_identity_in_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Geography and identity in Wales">Geography and identity in Wales</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="North-South_divide">North-South divide</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: North-South divide"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:North_Wales_Map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="North Wales map" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/North_Wales_Map.svg/150px-North_Wales_Map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/North_Wales_Map.svg/225px-North_Wales_Map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/North_Wales_Map.svg/300px-North_Wales_Map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="612" /></a><figcaption>Map of <a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a>; common modern day definition in dark red, historical definition in dark red and light red (<a href="/wiki/Montgomeryshire" title="Montgomeryshire">Montgomeryshire</a>).</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Wales_Map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/South_Wales_Map.svg/150px-South_Wales_Map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/South_Wales_Map.svg/225px-South_Wales_Map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/South_Wales_Map.svg/300px-South_Wales_Map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="612" /></a><figcaption>Map of <a href="/wiki/South_Wales" title="South Wales">South Wales</a>, defined either by combining <a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales" title="South East Wales">South East</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_West_Wales" title="South West Wales">South West Wales</a> (dark red); or the historic definition (dark red and light red); there are other definitions.</figcaption></figure> <p>There may be a <a href="/wiki/North-South_divide_(Wales)" class="mw-redirect" title="North-South divide (Wales)">north-south divide</a>, between <a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Wales" title="South Wales">South Wales</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Leader_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Leader-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Cambrian_Mountains" title="Cambrian Mountains">Cambrian Mountains</a> form a mountainous interior of Wales, limiting the connection between North and South with few transport links between them.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the population of Wales is concentrated on opposing sides of Wales. Transport links between North and South Wales are significantly weak,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with major north–south links passing through England, and both the North and South, having closer transport links with <a href="/wiki/North_West_England" title="North West England">North West England</a>, and <a href="/wiki/South_West_England" title="South West England">South West England</a> respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> is sometimes described as the "Capital of North Wales", as its the largest city closest to North Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historical maps divide North and South Wales using the boundaries between <a href="/wiki/Montgomeryshire" title="Montgomeryshire">Montgomeryshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Radnorshire" title="Radnorshire">Radnorshire</a>, and between <a href="/wiki/Cardiganshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardiganshire">Cardiganshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Merionethshire" title="Merionethshire">Merionethshire</a>, but the modern-day divide is described as ambiguous or arbitrary.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Modern_usage">Modern usage</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Modern usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since devolution, the Welsh Government is making efforts to increase connection between north and south.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Leader_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Leader-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However in 2013 there were reports that the Welsh Government may have short-changed the north by £131.53 million, which critics describe as proof of a modern north–south divide. The government responded that the figures are "highly misleading", as they ignore funding through Wales-wide programmes, and that the government has spent more on health and transport in the north than in the south-east, and more on education than the national average. The then <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">First Minister of Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carwyn_Jones" title="Carwyn Jones">Carwyn Jones</a>, disagreed that there was a north–south divide in Wales, but stated that there would "never be a time" that people will no longer see a north–south divide.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is a part-ministerial post in the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Cabinet">Welsh Cabinet</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Minister_for_North_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for North Wales">North Wales</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a North Wales office of the <a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> has called for a <a href="/wiki/Traws_Link_Cymru" class="mw-redirect" title="Traws Link Cymru">trans-Wales railway</a> as a solution to bridge the cultural divide between north and south.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is a north–south divide in language, not only between more and less Welsh-speaking areas, but also in terms of accents (both relating to English and Welsh) and dialects of Welsh.<sup id="cite_ref-Robinson-2019_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robinson-2019-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is also a cultural divide between "gogs" in the north and "hwntws" in the south. </p><p>There may be a tourism divide between north and south Wales due to geographic and existing transport capabilities, with tourism in the north aimed at nearby tourists from the rest of the UK and closer airports in <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_John_Lennon_Airport" title="Liverpool John Lennon Airport">Liverpool</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Airport" title="Manchester Airport">Manchester</a>, for day trips and staycations; whereas strategies for the south by the devolved administrations aim for more international and longer-term tourism through Cardiff Airport in the south. Strategies based on drawing tourists through Cardiff Airport may not have a big impact on the north due to a lack of connectivity with Cardiff Airport and the north of Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Capitalisation">Capitalisation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Capitalisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is a debate whether to spell the regions of Wales with a capitalised letter or a lowercase letter, for example either a lower case 'n' for <a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">north Wales</a> or a capitalised 'N' for <a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a> (see <a href="/wiki/North_Wales#Capitalisation" title="North Wales">North Wales#Capitalisation</a>). The debate has been coined as the "to cap or not to cap" debate in media.<sup id="cite_ref-Hughes-2017_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hughes-2017-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Usage varies, <a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Welsh Government<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for example use lowercase, whereas <a href="/wiki/Visit_Wales" title="Visit Wales">Visit Wales</a> uses capitalised, with the latter having their own version of Wales' regions.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> David Williams, chairman of the North Wales 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Wales">Measures</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_and_measures_of_Senedd_Cymru" title="List of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru">list</a></li></ul></div>)</li> <li>Secondary (<div class="hlist inline"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_statutory_instrument" title="Welsh statutory instrument">Statutory instruments</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_statutory_instruments_of_the_Welsh_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="List of statutory instruments of the Welsh Assembly">list</a></li></ul></div>)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Senedd" title="Member of the Senedd">Members (MSs)</a> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_6th_Senedd" title="Members of the 6th Senedd">Current members</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Senedd_elections" title="List of Senedd elections">Elections</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_by-elections_to_the_Senedd" title="List of by-elections to the Senedd">by-elections</a>)</li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Senedd_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Senedd constituencies and electoral regions">Constituencies and electoral regions</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Minister%27s_Questions#Senedd" title="First Minister's Questions">First Minister's Questions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senedd_Commissioner_for_Standards" title="Senedd Commissioner for Standards">Senedd Commissioner for Standards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Welsh devolution referendum">Devolution referendum</a> (<a href="/wiki/2011_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="2011 Welsh devolution referendum">2011 referendum</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_1998" title="Government of Wales Act 1998">Government of Wales Act 1998</a> <ul><li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_2006" title="Government of Wales Act 2006">2006 Act</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2014" title="Wales Act 2014">2014 Act</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2017" title="Wales Act 2017">2017 Act</a></li></ul></div></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senedd#Buildings" title="Senedd">Senedd estate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Bay" title="Cardiff Bay">Cardiff Bay</a> <ul><li><div class="hlist"><ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Senedd_building" title="Senedd building">Senedd building</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%B7_Hywel" title="Tŷ Hywel">Tŷ Hywel</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pierhead_Building" title="Pierhead Building">Pierhead Building</a>)</li></ul></div></li></ul></li></ul> </li></ul></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution" title="Welsh devolution">Wales and the United Kingdom</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">HM Government</a></b></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Starmer_ministry" title="Starmer ministry">Starmer ministry</a></div> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a></b><br /> <small><a href="/wiki/Rt_Hon" class="mw-redirect" title="Rt Hon">Rt Hon</a></small> <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>) </p> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Secretary of State for Wales">Secretary of State for Wales</a></b><br /> <small><a href="/wiki/Rt_Hon" class="mw-redirect" title="Rt Hon">Rt Hon</a></small> <a href="/wiki/Jo_Stevens" title="Jo Stevens">Jo Stevens</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a></span> (L) </p> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></b></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_for_constituencies_in_Wales_(2024%E2%80%93present)" title="List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (2024–present)">59th Parliament</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a></li></ul></div></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Office" title="Wales Office">Wales Office</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales">Under-Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Grand_Committee" title="Welsh Grand Committee">Welsh Grand Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Affairs_Select_Committee" title="Welsh Affairs Select Committee">Welsh Affairs Select Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interministerial_Standing_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Interministerial Standing Committee">Interministerial Standing Committee</a></li> <li><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_2006" title="Government of Wales Act 2006">Government of Wales Act 2006</a></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Wales#UK_parliament_elections" title="Elections in Wales">Elections</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_UK_Parliament_constituencies_in_Wales" title="List of UK Parliament constituencies in Wales">Constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_for_constituencies_in_Wales_(2024%E2%80%93present)" title="List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (2024–present)">Current Westminster MPs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnett_formula" title="Barnett formula">Barnett formula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution" title="Welsh devolution">Devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_devolved_matters_in_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="List of devolved matters in Wales">Devolved matters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserved_and_excepted_matters" class="mw-redirect" title="Reserved and excepted matters">Reserved matters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_consent_motion" title="Legislative consent motion">Legislative consent motion</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_Wales" title="Unionism in Wales">Unionism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_independence" title="Welsh independence">Independence</a></li></ul> </div> <hr /> <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Politics of the United Kingdom">Politics of the United Kingdom</a></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">Law and justice</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_law" title="Welsh law">Welsh law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_law" title="English law">English law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales-only_laws" class="mw-redirect" title="Wales-only laws">Wales-only laws</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="plainlist"><ul><li> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Laws_in_Wales_Acts_1535_and_1542" title="Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542">Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_and_Berwick_Act_1746" title="Wales and Berwick Act 1746">Wales and Berwick Act 1746</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_of_Wales" title="Capital of Wales">Capital of Wales</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Supreme Court of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_England_and_Wales" title="Courts of England and Wales">Courts of England and Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Welsh_Tribunals" title="President of Welsh Tribunals">President of Welsh Tribunals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_forces_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Police forces of Wales">Police forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Police_and_crime_commissioner" title="Police and crime commissioner">Police and crime commissioner</a> (<a href="/wiki/Police_and_crime_commissioner#Wales" title="Police and crime commissioner">list</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> </li></ul></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Local administration</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_Wales" title="History of local government in Wales">History</a> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Wales" title="Subdivisions of Wales">Subdivisions of Wales</a></div> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_Wales" title="Historic counties of Wales">Historic counties</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Historic_Counties_of_Wales" title="Template:Historic Counties of Wales">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preserved_counties_of_Wales" title="Preserved counties of Wales">Preserved counties</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Wales_preserved_counties" title="Template:Wales preserved counties">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principal_areas_of_Wales" title="Principal areas of Wales">Principal areas</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_principal_areas" title="List of Welsh principal areas">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Wales" title="Districts of Wales">Former districts</a></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rural_and_urban_districts_in_Wales_in_1973" title="List of rural and urban districts in Wales in 1973">list pre-1973</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Wales#Districts_1974–1996" title="Districts of Wales">list 1974-1996</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Community_(Wales)" title="Community (Wales)">Communities</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_communities_in_Wales" title="List of communities in Wales">list</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Local government</a></div> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Category:Local_authorities_of_Wales" title="Category:Local authorities of Wales">Principal councils</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_leaders_of_Welsh_councils" title="List of leaders of Welsh councils">leader list</a>) <a href="/wiki/Corporate_Joint_Committee" title="Corporate Joint Committee">Corporate Joint Committees</a> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales#Cities" title="Local government in Wales">Cities</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Wales" title="List of cities in Wales">list</a>)<br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_in_Cardiff" title="Politics in Cardiff">Cardiff</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Cardiff" title="List of mayors of Cardiff">Mayor</a> / <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Council" title="Cardiff Council">Council</a>)<br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea" title="Swansea">Swansea</a> (<a href="/wiki/City_and_County_of_Swansea_Council#Mayoralty" title="City and County of Swansea Council">Mayor</a> / <a href="/wiki/City_and_County_of_Swansea_Council" title="City and County of Swansea Council">Council</a>)<br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Newport" title="Mayor of Newport">Mayor</a> / <a href="/wiki/Newport_City_Council" title="Newport City Council">Council</a>)<br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrexham" title="Wrexham">Wrexham</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Wrexham" title="Mayor of Wrexham">Mayor</a> / <a href="/wiki/Wrexham_County_Borough_Council" title="Wrexham County Borough Council">Council</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Community_council#Wales" title="Community council">Community council</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_communities_in_Wales" title="List of communities in Wales">list</a>)<br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom#Wales" title="City status in the United Kingdom">Communities with city status</a></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bangor_City_Council" title="Bangor City Council">Bangor</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/St_Asaph#Governance" title="St Asaph">St Asaph</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/St_Davids#Governance" title="St Davids">St Davids</a></li></ul></div></li></ul> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Wales" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Wales">Local twinning</a> </p> <hr /> <p>see also: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Regional terms</a> and <a href="/wiki/Regional_economy_in_Wales" title="Regional economy in Wales">Regional economy</a> </p> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Wales" title="Elections in Wales">Elections and referendums</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Wales#Devolved_parliament_elections" title="Elections in Wales">Senedd elections</a></b><br /> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1999_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="1999 National Assembly for Wales election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2003 National Assembly for Wales election">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2007 National Assembly for Wales election">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2011 National Assembly for Wales election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2016 National Assembly for Wales election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Senedd_election" title="2021 Senedd election">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Next_Senedd_election" title="Next Senedd election"><i>Next</i></a></li></ul> </div> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Wales#UK_parliament_elections" title="Elections in Wales">United Kingdom Parliament elections</a></b><br /> </p> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_(Wales)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="First Parliament of the United Kingdom (Wales) (page does not exist)">1801 co-option</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1802_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1802 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1802</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1806_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1806 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1806</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1807_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1807 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1807</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1812_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1812 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1812</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1818_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1818 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1818</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1820_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1820 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1820</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1826_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1826 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1830_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1830 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1830</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1831_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1831 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1832_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1832 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1832</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1835_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1835 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1835</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1837_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1837 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1841_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1841 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1847_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1847 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1847</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1852_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1852 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1857_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1857 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1859_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1859 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1865_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1865 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1868_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1868 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1874_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1874 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1880_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1880 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1885_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1885 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1886_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1886 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1892_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1892 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1900_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1900 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1906_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1906 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1910 (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1910 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1918_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1918 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1922_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1922 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1923_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1923 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1924_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1924 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1929_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1929 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1931_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1931 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1935 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1945_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1945 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1950 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1964_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1964 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1966 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1970 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1974 (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1974 (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="1979 United Kingdom general election in Wales">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="1983 United Kingdom general election in Wales">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="1987 United Kingdom general election in Wales">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="1992 United Kingdom general election in Wales">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="1997 United Kingdom general election in Wales">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2005 United Kingdom general election in Wales">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2010 United Kingdom general election in Wales">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2015 United Kingdom general election in Wales">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2019 United Kingdom general election in Wales">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2024 United Kingdom general election in Wales">2024</a></li></ul> </div> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Wales#European_Parliament" title="Elections in Wales">European Parliament elections (1979–2020)</a></b><br /> </p> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019</a></li></ul> </div> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Wales#Local_government_elections" title="Elections in Wales">Local elections</a></b><br /> </p> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_Welsh_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 Welsh local elections (page does not exist)">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_Welsh_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1989 Welsh local elections (page does not exist)">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Welsh_local_elections" title="1991 Welsh local elections">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Welsh_local_elections" title="1993 Welsh local elections">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Welsh_local_elections" title="1995 Welsh local elections">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Welsh_local_elections" title="1999 Welsh local elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Welsh_local_elections" title="2004 Welsh local elections">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Welsh_local_elections" title="2008 Welsh local elections">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Welsh_local_elections" title="2012 Welsh local elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Welsh_local_elections" title="2017 Welsh local elections">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Welsh_local_elections" title="2022 Welsh local elections">2022</a></li></ul> </div> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Wales#Police_and_crime_commissioner_elections" title="Elections in Wales">Police and crime commissioner elections</a></b><br /> </p> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_England_and_Wales_police_and_crime_commissioner_elections" title="2012 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_England_and_Wales_police_and_crime_commissioner_elections" title="2016 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_England_and_Wales_police_and_crime_commissioner_elections" title="2021 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections">2021</a></li></ul> </div> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Referendums in the United Kingdom">Referendums</a></b><br /> </p> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1979 Welsh devolution referendum">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Welsh devolution referendum">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="2011 Welsh devolution referendum">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum" title="2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1915%E2%80%931916_Church_of_England_border_polls" title="1915–1916 Church of England border polls">1915–16 Anglican border polls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales_mayoral_referendums" title="England and Wales mayoral referendums">2004 Ceredigion mayoral</a></li></ul> </div> <hr /> <div class="plainlist"><ul><li> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senedd_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Senedd constituencies and electoral regions">Senedd constituencies and electoral regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_UK_Parliament_constituencies_in_Wales" title="List of UK Parliament constituencies in Wales">UK parliamentary constituencies in Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Wales" title="List of political parties in Wales">Political parties</a></li></ul> </li></ul></div> <div class="hlist"><a href="/wiki/2021_Senedd_election" title="2021 Senedd election">Represented in the Senedd</a> <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Conservatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_think_tanks_in_Wales" title="List of think tanks in Wales">Think tanks</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Politics_of_Wales" title="Category:Politics of Wales">Category</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Portal:Wales" title="Portal:Wales">Wales portal</a></li></ul> <div class="hlist" style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_political_science#Politics_by_region" title="Outline of political science">Other countries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style 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class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Geographical regions and sub-regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Regions using the <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_direction" title="Cardinal direction">cardinal and intercardinal points</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Compass" title="Compass">compass</a>, e.g. <a href="/wiki/North" title="North">north</a> and <a href="/wiki/Points_of_the_compass" title="Points of the compass">south-west</a> for nomenclature, and are based mainly on physical and environmental geographic factors due to their lack of definition. </p><p>For many administrative purposes, most of the regions follow the boundaries of the twenty-two <a href="/wiki/Principal_areas_of_Wales" title="Principal areas of Wales">principal areas of Wales</a>. Those listed below are based on the usage by organisations further down. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_East_Wales" title="North East Wales">North East Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_West_Wales" title="North West Wales">North West Wales</a></li> <li>North Central Wales (sometimes used)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Wales" title="Mid Wales">Mid Wales</a> or <a href="/wiki/Central_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Wales">Central Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_and_South_West_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid and South West Wales">Mid and South West Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_and_West_Wales" title="Mid and West Wales">Mid and West Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales" title="South Wales">South Wales</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Wales" title="South West Wales">South West Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales" title="South East Wales">South East Wales</a></li> <li>South Central Wales (sometimes used)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Wales" title="East Wales">East Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Wales" title="West Wales">West Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Wales_and_the_Valleys" title="West Wales and the Valleys">West Wales and the Valleys</a></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wales_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Wales_map.png/220px-Wales_map.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Wales_map.png/330px-Wales_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Wales_map.png/440px-Wales_map.png 2x" data-file-width="876" data-file-height="1091" /></a><figcaption>Map of a definition of North Wales, Mid Wales and South Wales</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Principatus_Walliae_pars_borealis_vulgo_North_Wales_-_CBT_6599369.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Principatus_Walliae_pars_borealis_vulgo_North_Wales_-_CBT_6599369.jpg/220px-Principatus_Walliae_pars_borealis_vulgo_North_Wales_-_CBT_6599369.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Principatus_Walliae_pars_borealis_vulgo_North_Wales_-_CBT_6599369.jpg/330px-Principatus_Walliae_pars_borealis_vulgo_North_Wales_-_CBT_6599369.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Principatus_Walliae_pars_borealis_vulgo_North_Wales_-_CBT_6599369.jpg/440px-Principatus_Walliae_pars_borealis_vulgo_North_Wales_-_CBT_6599369.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5704" data-file-height="4577" /></a><figcaption>17-18th Century Map of <a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="By_organisation">By organisation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: By organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Principatus_Walliae_pars_australis_vulgo_South-Wales_-_CBT_6599377.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Principatus_Walliae_pars_australis_vulgo_South-Wales_-_CBT_6599377.jpg/220px-Principatus_Walliae_pars_australis_vulgo_South-Wales_-_CBT_6599377.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Principatus_Walliae_pars_australis_vulgo_South-Wales_-_CBT_6599377.jpg/330px-Principatus_Walliae_pars_australis_vulgo_South-Wales_-_CBT_6599377.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Principatus_Walliae_pars_australis_vulgo_South-Wales_-_CBT_6599377.jpg/440px-Principatus_Walliae_pars_australis_vulgo_South-Wales_-_CBT_6599377.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5739" data-file-height="4589" /></a><figcaption>17-18th Century Map of <a href="/wiki/South_Wales" title="South Wales">South Wales</a></figcaption></figure><p>Note: names in-between inverted commas ("), implies there are other definitions of the region that may be more common. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Visit_Wales">Visit Wales</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Visit Wales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Visit_Wales" title="Visit Wales">Visit Wales</a></div><p>Visit Wales uses four regions:<sup id="cite_ref-VisitWales_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VisitWales-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a> — northern six principal areas (i.e. excluding Powys)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Wales" title="Mid Wales">Mid Wales</a> — Ceredigion and Powys</li> <li>"West Wales" — with the common definition of <a href="/wiki/South_West_Wales" title="South West Wales">South West Wales</a></li> <li>"South Wales" — with the common definition of <a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales" title="South East Wales">South East Wales</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Business_Wales">Business Wales</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Business Wales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Business Wales uses four regions:<sup id="cite_ref-Business_Wales_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Business_Wales-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a> — northern six principal areas (i.e. excluding Powys)</li> <li>"Mid Wales" — Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Powys</li> <li>"South East Wales" — Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan</li> <li>"South West Wales" — Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Welsh_Government_Economic_Action_Plan">Welsh Government Economic Action Plan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Welsh Government Economic Action Plan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Either a three economic region model or a four economic region model:<sup id="cite_ref-Pros._for_all_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pros._for_all-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Three_region_model">Three region model</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Three region model"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_and_South_West_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid and South West Wales">Mid and South West Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales" title="South East Wales">South East Wales</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Four_region_model">Four region model</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Four region model"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Wales" title="Mid Wales">Mid Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Wales" title="South West Wales">South West Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales" title="South East Wales">South East Wales</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Future_Wales:_The_National_Plan_2040_(Welsh_Government)"><span id="Future_Wales:_The_National_Plan_2040_.28Welsh_Government.29"></span>Future Wales: The National Plan 2040 (Welsh Government)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Future Wales: The National Plan 2040 (Welsh Government)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>North (<a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Future_Wales_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Future_Wales-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Wales" title="Mid Wales">Mid Wales</a></li> <li>South West (<a href="/wiki/South_West_Wales" title="South West Wales">South West Wales</a>)</li> <li>South East (<a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales" title="South East Wales">South East Wales</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Natural_Resources_Wales">Natural Resources Wales</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Natural Resources Wales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Described as the six "areas" (with an additional "marine area") by <a href="/wiki/Natural_Resources_Wales" title="Natural Resources Wales">Natural Resources Wales</a><sup id="cite_ref-NRW_Areas_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRW_Areas-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_East_Wales" title="North East Wales">North East Wales</a> — Denbighshire, Flintshire, and Wrexham<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_West_Wales" title="North West Wales">North West Wales</a> — Conwy, Gwynedd and Isle of Anglesey<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Wales" title="Mid Wales">Mid Wales</a> — Ceredigion and Powys<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>South Central Wales — Bridgend, the Vale of Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Cardiff<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales" title="South East Wales">South East Wales</a>" — Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/South_West_Wales" title="South West Wales">South West Wales</a>" — Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Wales_Spatial_Plan">Wales Spatial Plan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Wales Spatial Plan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wales_Spatial_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Wales Spatial Plan">Wales Spatial Plan</a></div><p>Note: no clear boundaries shown, merely labels on a blank map. </p><ul><li>North West Wales<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>North East Wales — Border and Coast</li> <li>Central Wales</li> <li>South East — the Capital Network</li> <li>Swansea Bay — Waterfront & Western Valleys</li> <li>Pembrokeshire — The Haven</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Former_organisations">Former organisations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Former organisations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Welsh_Development_Agency_and_the_Development_Board_for_Rural_Wales">Welsh Development Agency and the Development Board for Rural Wales</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Welsh Development Agency and the Development Board for Rural Wales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Development_Agency" title="Welsh Development Agency">Welsh Development Agency</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Pre-mid-1990s_regions">Pre-mid-1990s regions</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Pre-mid-1990s regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"North East Wales" — <a href="/wiki/Clwyd" title="Clwyd">Clwyd</a> with boundaries between 1974 and 1996<sup id="cite_ref-Phelps-2000_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Phelps-2000-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"North West Wales" — <a href="/wiki/Gwynedd" title="Gwynedd">Gwynedd</a> with boundaries between 1974 and 1996 (excluding <a href="/wiki/Meirionnydd" title="Meirionnydd">Meirionnydd</a>); (Modern Isle of Anglesey, half of Gwynedd and half of Conwy County Borough)</li> <li>Development Board for Rural Wales — Mid Wales (Powys and Ceredigion) and Meirionnydd of Gwynedd.</li> <li>"West Wales" — Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire (excluding <a href="/wiki/Llanelli_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Llanelli (UK Parliament constituency)">Llanelli</a>).</li> <li>South Wales (West) — Llanelli, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and parts of Bridgend County Borough</li> <li>South Wales (Valleys) — Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly County Borough, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen, and parts of Bridgend County Borough.</li> <li>South Wales (East) — City and County of Cardiff, Newport, Monmouthshire, and the Vale of Glamorgan.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Post-mid-1990s_regions">Post-mid-1990s regions</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Post-mid-1990s regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"North Wales" — Clwyd and Gwynedd with boundaries between 1974 and 1996 (excluding <a href="/wiki/Meirionnydd" title="Meirionnydd">Meirionnydd</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Phelps-2000_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Phelps-2000-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Development Board for Rural Wales — Mid Wales (Powys and Ceredigion) and Meirionnydd of Gwynedd.</li> <li>"West Wales" — Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, City and County of Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend County Borough</li> <li>"South Wales" — Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly County Borough, City and County of Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Monmouthshire, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen, and Vale of Glamorgan</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_organisations">Other organisations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Other organisations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Architects_in_Wales" title="Royal Society of Architects in Wales">Royal Society of Architects in Wales</a>: Branches in North, Mid, West and South Wales (latter described as the "Design Circle" (RSAW South)).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Wildlife_Trusts" title="The Wildlife Trusts">The Wildlife Trusts</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gwent_Wildlife_Trust" title="Gwent Wildlife Trust">Gwent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montgomeryshire_Wildlife_Trust" title="Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust">Montgomeryshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Wales_Wildlife_Trust" title="North Wales Wildlife Trust">North Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radnorshire_Wildlife_Trust" title="Radnorshire Wildlife Trust">Radnorshire</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wildlife_Trust_of_South_and_West_Wales" title="Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales">South and West Wales</a>.</li> <li>For the <a href="/wiki/National_Forest_for_Wales" title="National Forest for Wales">National Forest for Wales</a> Welsh Government programme, Wales was divided into three "areas", North, Mid, South based on the use of lettering ("N", "M", "S").<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statistical_regions">Statistical regions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Statistical regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="StatsWales">StatsWales</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: StatsWales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>StatsWales divides Wales into "Economic regions", of either a three economic region model or a four economic region model: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Three_region_model_2">Three region model</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Three region model"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_and_South_West_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid and South West Wales">Mid and South West Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales" title="South East Wales">South East Wales</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Four_region_model_2">Four region model</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Four region model"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Wales" title="Mid Wales">Mid Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Wales" title="South West Wales">South West Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales" title="South East Wales">South East Wales</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="International_Territorial_Level_2_regions">International Territorial Level 2 regions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: International Territorial Level 2 regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NUTS_3_regions_of_Wales_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/NUTS_3_regions_of_Wales_map.svg/220px-NUTS_3_regions_of_Wales_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/NUTS_3_regions_of_Wales_map.svg/330px-NUTS_3_regions_of_Wales_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/NUTS_3_regions_of_Wales_map.svg/440px-NUTS_3_regions_of_Wales_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1047" data-file-height="1252" /></a><figcaption>ITL (formerly NUTS) 2 and 3 regions; East Wales (orange) and West Wales and the Valleys (green)</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Wales" title="East Wales">East Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Wales_and_the_Valleys" title="West Wales and the Valleys">West Wales and the Valleys</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cultural_regions">Cultural regions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Cultural regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Valleys" title="South Wales Valleys">South Wales Valleys</a> ("The Valleys")</li> <li>North Wales</li> <li>South Wales</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_England_beyond_Wales" title="Little England beyond Wales">Little England beyond Wales</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Denis_Balsom's_three-Wales_model_(1985)"><span id="Denis_Balsom.27s_three-Wales_model_.281985.29"></span>Denis Balsom's three-Wales model (1985)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Denis Balsom's three-Wales model (1985)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Wales">Welsh Wales</a> — Areas with majority of those identifying as '<a href="/wiki/Welsh_identity" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh identity">Welsh</a>'</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="British Wales">British Wales</a> — Areas with majority of those identifying as '<a href="/wiki/British_people" title="British people">British</a>'</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y_Fro_Gymraeg" title="Y Fro Gymraeg">Y Fro Gymraeg</a> — Areas with majority Welsh-speakers</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Linguistic_regions">Linguistic regions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Linguistic regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Welsh_speakers">Welsh speakers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Welsh speakers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Gwynedd and Isle of Anglesey — Majority Welsh-speaking region (>40%)<sup id="cite_ref-Irvine-2006_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Irvine-2006-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Conwy, Denbighshire, Pembrokeshire and Powys — Significant Welsh-speaking region (20-39%)<sup id="cite_ref-Irvine-2006_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Irvine-2006-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rest of Wales — Minority Welsh-speaking region (<19%)<sup id="cite_ref-Irvine-2006_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Irvine-2006-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Dialect_regions">Dialect regions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Dialect regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two dialect model:<sup id="cite_ref-Robinson-2019_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robinson-2019-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Welsh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northern Welsh (page does not exist)">Northern Welsh</a> — North Wales</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Welsh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Southern Welsh (page does not exist)">Southern Welsh</a> — South Wales</li></ul> <p>Four dialect model:<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gwyndodeg" title="Gwyndodeg">Gwyndodeg</a> — North West Wales</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powyseg" title="Powyseg">Powyseg</a> — Northern Mid Wales and North East Wales</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyfedeg" title="Dyfedeg">Dyfedeg</a> — South West Wales (includes <a href="/wiki/Subdialect" title="Subdialect">subdialect</a> Iaith Sir Benfro — "Pembrokeshire language")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwenhwyseg" title="Gwenhwyseg">Gwenhwyseg</a> — South East Wales</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="City_regions">City regions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: City regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Regional_economy_in_Wales" title="Regional economy in Wales">Regional economy in Wales</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wales_City_Regions_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Wales_City_Regions_map.svg/220px-Wales_City_Regions_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Wales_City_Regions_map.svg/330px-Wales_City_Regions_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Wales_City_Regions_map.svg/440px-Wales_City_Regions_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="612" /></a><figcaption>Map of the four city regions; North (pink); Mid (yellow); Swansea Bay (purple); and Cardiff (orange)</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales_Economic_Ambition_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="North Wales Economic Ambition Board">North Wales Economic Ambition Board</a> — consisting the principal areas of: Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey, and Wrexham County Borough, in the north of Wales. (A common definition of North Wales).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Growing_Mid_Wales_Partnership" class="mw-redirect" title="Growing Mid Wales Partnership">Growing Mid Wales Partnership</a> — consisting the principal areas of: Ceredigion, and Powys</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_Bay_City_Region" title="Swansea Bay City Region">Swansea Bay City Region</a> — consisting the principal areas of: Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, and Swansea, around Swansea Bay in south-west Wales. (Similar definition to South West Wales).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Capital_Region" title="Cardiff Capital Region">Cardiff Capital Region</a> — consisting the principal areas of: Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend County Borough, Caerphilly County Borough, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Monmouthshire, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen, and Vale of Glamorgan, in south-east Wales. (Similar definition to South East Wales).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_Tourism_Partnerships">Regional Tourism Partnerships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Regional Tourism Partnerships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_Partnership_North_Wales" title="Tourism Partnership North Wales">Tourism Partnership North Wales</a></li> <li>South West Wales Tourism Partnership</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tourism_Partnership_Mid_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tourism Partnership Mid Wales (page does not exist)">Tourism Partnership Mid Wales</a></li> <li>Capital Region Tourism</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forgotten_Landscapes_Project" title="Forgotten Landscapes Project">Forgotten Landscapes Project</a> (<a href="/wiki/Blaenavon" title="Blaenavon">Blaenavon</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_Corporate_Joint_Committees">Regional Corporate Joint Committees</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Regional Corporate Joint Committees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Corporate_Joint_Committee" title="Corporate Joint Committee">Corporate Joint Committee</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales_Corporate_Joint_Committee" title="North Wales Corporate Joint Committee">North Wales Corporate Joint Committee</a><sup id="cite_ref-CJC_consultation_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CJC_consultation-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Wales_Corporate_Joint_Committee" title="Mid Wales Corporate Joint Committee">Mid Wales Corporate Joint Committee</a><sup id="cite_ref-CJC_consultation_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CJC_consultation-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Wales_Corporate_Joint_Committee" title="South West Wales Corporate Joint Committee">South West Wales Corporate Joint Committee</a><sup id="cite_ref-CJC_consultation_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CJC_consultation-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales_Corporate_Joint_Committee" title="South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee">South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee</a><sup id="cite_ref-CJC_consultation_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CJC_consultation-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_Skills_Partnerships">Regional Skills Partnerships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Regional Skills Partnerships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales_Economic_Ambition_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="North Wales Economic Ambition Board">North Wales Regional Skills Partnership</a><sup id="cite_ref-RSPs_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSPs-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_and_South_West_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid and South West Wales">South West and Mid Wales Regional Learning and Skills Partnership</a> (for <a href="/wiki/Swansea_Bay_City_Region" title="Swansea Bay City Region">Swansea Bay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Growing_Mid_Wales_Partnership" class="mw-redirect" title="Growing Mid Wales Partnership">Mid Wales</a> deals)<sup id="cite_ref-RSPs_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSPs-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Capital_Region" title="Cardiff Capital Region">Cardiff Capital Region Skills Partnership</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales" title="South East Wales">South East Wales</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-RSPs_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSPs-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transport-related">Transport-related</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Transport-related"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M4_Corridor" class="mw-redirect" title="M4 Corridor">M4 Corridor</a> in England and Wales</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trunk_road_agent" title="Trunk road agent">Trunk road agents</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_and_Mid_Wales_Trunk_Road_Agent" title="North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent">North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Trunk_Road_Agent" title="South Wales Trunk Road Agent">South Wales Trunk Road Agent</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_for_Wales#Regional_metros" title="Transport for Wales">Regional Metros</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales_Metro" title="North Wales Metro">North Wales Metro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Metro" title="South Wales Metro">South Wales Metro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_Bay_and_West_Wales_Metro" title="Swansea Bay and West Wales Metro">Swansea Bay and West Wales Metro</a></li></ul></li> <li>Former regional transport consortia: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales_Transport_Alliance" title="South East Wales Transport Alliance">South East Wales Transport Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Wales_Integrated_Transport_Consortium" title="South West Wales Integrated Transport Consortium">South West Wales Integrated Transport Consortium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taith_Joint_Board" title="Taith Joint Board">Taith Joint Board</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a> excluding <a href="/wiki/Meirionydd" class="mw-redirect" title="Meirionydd">Meirionydd</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gwynedd" title="Gwynedd">Gwynedd</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=TraCC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TraCC (page does not exist)">TraCC</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mid_Wales" title="Mid Wales">Mid Wales</a> including <a href="/wiki/Meirionydd" class="mw-redirect" title="Meirionydd">Meirionydd</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gwynedd" title="Gwynedd">Gwynedd</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cross-border_regions">Cross-border regions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Cross-border regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Marches" title="Welsh Marches">Welsh Marches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Lost_Lands" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Lost Lands">Welsh Lost Lands</a></li> <li>The Mersey Dee Alliance, composed of Cheshire West and Chester, Flintshire, Wirral and Wrexham councils, describes an "economic sub-region" known as the Mersey Dee.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sometimes expanded to also include the rest of North Wales as "North Wales (and) Mersey Dee".<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Severnside" title="Severnside">Severnside</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Gateway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Western Gateway (page does not exist)">Western Gateway</a><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electoral_regions">Electoral regions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Electoral regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tright" style=""><div class="thumbinner" style="width:227px"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:225px;"> <div role="img" class="noresize" style="width: 250px; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Welsh_Assembly_electoral_regions_2011.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Welsh_Assembly_electoral_regions_2011.svg/250px-Welsh_Assembly_electoral_regions_2011.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Welsh_Assembly_electoral_regions_2011.svg/375px-Welsh_Assembly_electoral_regions_2011.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Welsh_Assembly_electoral_regions_2011.svg/500px-Welsh_Assembly_electoral_regions_2011.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1290" /></a></span> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:144px; top:42px"><big><a href="/wiki/North_Wales_(Senedd_electoral_region)" title="North Wales (Senedd electoral region)">North</a></big></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:100.25px; top:179.5px"><big><a href="/wiki/Mid_and_West_Wales_(Senedd_electoral_region)" title="Mid and West Wales (Senedd electoral region)">Mid and West</a></big></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:171.5px; top:267px"><big><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Central_(Senedd_electoral_region)" title="South Wales Central (Senedd electoral region)">South<br /> Central</a></big></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:187.75px; top:229.5px"><big><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_East_(Senedd_electoral_region)" title="South Wales East (Senedd electoral region)">South<br /> East</a></big></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:121.5px; top:242px"><big><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_West_(Senedd_electoral_region)" title="South Wales West (Senedd electoral region)">South<br />West</a></big></div> </div></div><div class="thumbcaption">Map of the <a href="/wiki/Senedd_electoral_regions" class="mw-redirect" title="Senedd electoral regions">Senedd electoral regions</a></div></div></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales_(Senedd_electoral_region)" title="North Wales (Senedd electoral region)">North Wales (Senedd electoral region)</a> & <a href="/wiki/North_Wales_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Wales (European Parliament constituency)">North Wales (European Parliament constituency)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_and_West_Wales_(Senedd_electoral_region)" title="Mid and West Wales (Senedd electoral region)">Mid and West Wales (Senedd electoral region)</a> & <a href="/wiki/Mid_and_West_Wales_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid and West Wales (European Parliament constituency)">Mid and West Wales (European Parliament constituency)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Central_(Senedd_electoral_region)" title="South Wales Central (Senedd electoral region)">South Wales Central (Senedd electoral region)</a> & <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Central_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Wales Central (European Parliament constituency)">South Wales Central (European Parliament constituency)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_East_(Senedd_electoral_region)" title="South Wales East (Senedd electoral region)">South Wales East (Senedd electoral region)</a> & <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_East_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Wales East (European Parliament constituency)">South Wales East (European Parliament constituency)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_West_(Senedd_electoral_region)" title="South Wales West (Senedd electoral region)">South Wales West (Senedd electoral region)</a> & <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_West_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Wales West (European Parliament constituency)">South Wales West (European Parliament constituency)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historic_regions">Historic regions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Historic regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Short_History_of_Wales_-_Map_-_The_Wales_of_the_Princes.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/A_Short_History_of_Wales_-_Map_-_The_Wales_of_the_Princes.jpg/220px-A_Short_History_of_Wales_-_Map_-_The_Wales_of_the_Princes.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/A_Short_History_of_Wales_-_Map_-_The_Wales_of_the_Princes.jpg/330px-A_Short_History_of_Wales_-_Map_-_The_Wales_of_the_Princes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/A_Short_History_of_Wales_-_Map_-_The_Wales_of_the_Princes.jpg/440px-A_Short_History_of_Wales_-_Map_-_The_Wales_of_the_Princes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1399" data-file-height="1671" /></a><figcaption>Map of the various historical regions of Wales</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rhos_(North_Wales)" title="Rhos (North Wales)">Rhos region of North Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ystrad_Tywi" title="Ystrad Tywi">Ystrad Tywi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meirionnydd" title="Meirionnydd">Meirionnydd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhwng_Gwy_a_Hafren" title="Rhwng Gwy a Hafren">Rhwng Gwy a Hafren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deheubarth" title="Deheubarth">Deheubarth</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Natural_regions">Natural regions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Natural 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class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Coal_mining_regions">Coal mining regions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Coal mining regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anglesey_Coalfield" title="Anglesey Coalfield">Anglesey Coalfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales_Coalfield" title="North Wales Coalfield">North Wales Coalfield</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Denbighshire_Coalfield" title="Denbighshire Coalfield">Denbighshire Coalfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flintshire_Coalfield" title="Flintshire Coalfield">Flintshire Coalfield</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pembrokeshire_Coalfield" title="Pembrokeshire Coalfield">Pembrokeshire Coalfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Coalfield" title="South Wales Coalfield">South Wales Coalfield</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fire_and_Rescue">Fire and Rescue</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Fire and Rescue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mid_and_West_Wales_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service">Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="North Wales Fire and Rescue Service">North Wales Fire and Rescue Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="South Wales Fire and Rescue Service">South Wales Fire and Rescue Service</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rugby_league">Rugby league</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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clubs: <a href="/wiki/Scarlets" title="Scarlets">Scarlets</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Llanelli" title="Llanelli">Llanelli</a>; <a href="/wiki/Ospreys_(rugby_union)" title="Ospreys (rugby union)">Ospreys</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Swansea" title="Swansea">Swansea</a>; <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Rugby" title="Cardiff Rugby">Cardiff Rugby</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Dragons_RFC" title="Dragons RFC">Dragons RFC</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RGC_1404" title="RGC 1404">RGC 1404</a>, named Rygbi Gogledd Cymru (North Wales Rugby), based in <a href="/wiki/Colwyn_Bay" title="Colwyn Bay">Colwyn Bay</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Others">Others</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Wales&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_health_boards_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Local health boards of Wales">Local health boards</a> — some health boards are described to be "regional" health boards due to the size of their coverage. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Betsi_Cadwaladr_University_Health_Board" title="Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board">Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board</a> — locally described as the "North Wales health board"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hywel_Dda_University_Health_Board" title="Hywel Dda University Health Board">Hywel Dda University Health Board</a> — locally described as the "West Wales health board"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Police" title="South Wales Police">South Wales Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales_Police" title="North Wales Police">North Wales Police</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;">Statistical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;font-weight:normal;background:#AFD697;"><a href="/wiki/International_Territorial_Level" title="International Territorial Level">ITL</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Nomenclature_of_Territorial_Units_for_Statistics" title="Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics">NUTS</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Wales" title="East Wales">East Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Wales_and_the_Valleys" title="West Wales and the Valleys">West Wales and the Valleys</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Wales" title="West Wales">West Wales</a> and the <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Valleys" title="South Wales Valleys">South Wales Valleys</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;font-weight:normal;background:#AFD697;">StatsWales</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Wales" title="Mid Wales">Mid Wales</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales" title="South East Wales">South East Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Wales" title="South West Wales">South West Wales</a>†</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Wales" title="Geography of Wales">Geographical</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;font-weight:normal;background:#AFD697;">Physical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brecon_Beacons" title="Brecon Beacons">Brecon Beacons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desert_of_Wales" title="Desert of Wales">Desert of Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elenydd" title="Elenydd">Elenydd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snowdonia" title="Snowdonia">Snowdonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Valleys" title="South Wales Valleys">South Wales Valleys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_Bay_(region)" title="Swansea Bay (region)">Swansea Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vale_of_Clwyd" title="Vale of Clwyd">Vale of Clwyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Lake_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Lake District">Welsh Lake District</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;font-weight:normal;background:#AFD697;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_East_Wales" title="North East Wales">North East Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_West_Wales" title="North West Wales">North West Wales</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Wales" title="Mid Wales">Mid Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_and_South_West_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid and South West Wales">Mid and South West Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_and_West_Wales" title="Mid and West Wales">Mid and West Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales" title="South Wales">South Wales</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Wales" title="South West Wales">South West Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales" title="South East Wales">South East Wales</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Wales" title="East Wales">East Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Wales" title="West Wales">West Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Wales_and_the_Valleys" title="West Wales and the Valleys">West Wales and the Valleys</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;">Historical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deheubarth" title="Deheubarth">Deheubarth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edeirnion" title="Edeirnion">Edeirnion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meirionnydd" title="Meirionnydd">Meirionnydd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perfeddwlad" title="Perfeddwlad">Perfeddwlad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhos_(North_Wales)" title="Rhos (North Wales)">Rhos (North Wales)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhwng_Gwy_a_Hafren" title="Rhwng Gwy a Hafren">Rhwng Gwy a Hafren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ystrad_Tywi" title="Ystrad Tywi">Ystrad Tywi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Marches" title="Welsh Marches">Welsh Marches</a> (cross-border)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Lost_Lands" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Lost Lands">Welsh Lost Lands</a> (claims in England)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Local governance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;font-weight:normal;background:#AFD697;"><a href="/wiki/Regional_economy_in_Wales" title="Regional economy in Wales">City regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ambition_North_Wales" title="Ambition North Wales">Ambition North Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Capital_Region" title="Cardiff Capital Region">Cardiff Capital Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Growing_Mid_Wales_Partnership" class="mw-redirect" title="Growing Mid Wales Partnership">Growing Mid Wales Partnership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_Bay_City_Region" title="Swansea Bay City Region">Swansea Bay City Region</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;font-weight:normal;background:#AFD697;"><a href="/wiki/Corporate_Joint_Committee" title="Corporate Joint Committee">Corporate Joint Committees</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Wales_Corporate_Joint_Committee" title="Mid Wales Corporate Joint Committee">Mid Wales Corporate Joint Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales_Corporate_Joint_Committee" title="North Wales Corporate Joint Committee">North Wales Corporate Joint Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales_Corporate_Joint_Committee" title="South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee">South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Wales_Corporate_Joint_Committee" title="South West Wales Corporate Joint Committee">South West Wales Corporate Joint Committee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;font-weight:normal;background:#AFD697;">Tourism partnerships (defunct)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_Partnership_North_Wales" title="Tourism Partnership North Wales">Tourism Partnership North Wales</a></li> <li>South West Wales Tourism Partnership</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tourism_Partnership_Mid_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tourism Partnership Mid Wales (page does not exist)">Tourism Partnership Mid Wales</a></li> <li>Capital Region Tourism</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forgotten_Landscapes_Project" title="Forgotten Landscapes Project">Forgotten Landscapes Project</a> (<a href="/wiki/Blaenavon" title="Blaenavon">Blaenavon</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;font-weight:normal;background:#AFD697;">Transport consortia (defunct)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales_Transport_Alliance" title="South East Wales Transport Alliance">South East Wales Transport Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Wales_Integrated_Transport_Consortium" title="South West Wales Integrated Transport Consortium">South West Wales Integrated Transport Consortium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taith_Joint_Board" title="Taith Joint Board">Taith Joint Board</a> (North Wales excluding Meirionydd in Gwynedd)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=TraCC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TraCC (page does not exist)">TraCC</a> (Mid Wales including Meirionydd in Gwynedd)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Little_England_beyond_Wales" title="Little England beyond Wales">Little England beyond Wales</a> (<a href="/wiki/Landsker_Line" title="Landsker Line">Landsker Line</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mach_Loop" title="Mach Loop">Mach Loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senedd_electoral_regions" class="mw-redirect" title="Senedd electoral regions">Senedd electoral regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y_Fro_Gymraeg" title="Y Fro Gymraeg">Y Fro Gymraeg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#AFD697;"><div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Terra.png/16px-Terra.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Terra.png/24px-Terra.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Terra.png/32px-Terra.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Geography" title="Portal:Geography">Geography</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_coloured_voting_box.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/16px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png" 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href="/wiki/Portal:Wales" title="Portal:Wales">Wales</a></li> <li><i><b>†</b> may be grouped together as <a href="/wiki/Mid_and_West_Wales" title="Mid and West Wales">Mid and South West Wales</a></i></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#List_of_regions">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Regions_of_Wales" title="Category:Regions of Wales">Category</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Geography_of_Wales" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#AFD697;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="Geography of the United Kingdom">Geography of the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;">Physical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bays_of_Wales" title="List of bays of Wales">Bays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_beaches_in_the_United_Kingdom#Wales" title="List of beaches in the United Kingdom">Beaches</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Blue_Flag_Beaches_of_Wales" title="List of Blue Flag Beaches of Wales">Blue Flag</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England%E2%80%93Wales_border" title="England–Wales border">Border with England</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Offa%27s_Dyke" title="Offa's Dyke">Offa's Dyke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wat%27s_Dyke" title="Wat's Dyke">Wat's Dyke</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_canals_in_the_United_Kingdom#Canals_in_Wales" title="List of canals in the United Kingdom">Canals</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_canal_system" title="History of the British canal system">history</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_caves_in_the_United_Kingdom#Wales" title="List of caves in the United Kingdom">Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastline_of_Wales" title="Coastline of Wales">Coastline</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Coastal_paths_in_Wales" title="Category:Coastal paths in Wales">Coastal paths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heritage_coast" title="Heritage coast">heritage</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_the_United_Kingdom#Wales" title="List of dams and reservoirs in the United Kingdom">Dams and reservoirs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reservoirs_of_Wales" title="Reservoirs of Wales">Reservoir management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_reservoirs_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of reservoirs in the United Kingdom">by volume</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Desert_of_Wales" title="Desert of Wales">Desert of Wales</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dune_systems_of_Wales" title="List of dune systems of Wales">Dune systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_estuaries_of_Wales" title="List of estuaries of Wales">Estuaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Wales" title="Extreme points of Wales">Extreme points</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Centre_points_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Centre points of the United Kingdom">centre</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forestry_in_Wales" title="Forestry in Wales">Forests</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_broadleaf_forests" title="Celtic broadleaf forests">Broadleaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_rainforests_in_Wales" title="Celtic rainforests in Wales">Temperate rainforests</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Wales" title="Geology of Wales">Geology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fossiliferous_stratigraphic_units_in_Wales" title="List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Wales">fossiliferous stratigraphic units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_geological_faults_of_Wales" title="List of geological faults of Wales">faults</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Wales" title="List of islands of Wales">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Wales" title="List of lakes of Wales">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Meadows_in_Wales" title="Category:Meadows in Wales">Meadows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Moorlands_of_Wales" title="Category:Moorlands of Wales">Moorlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_of_the_British_Isles_by_height" title="List of mountains of the British Isles by height">Mountains and hills</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_3000s" title="Welsh 3000s">3000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_principal_areas_by_highest_point" title="List of Welsh principal areas by highest point">County tops</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_of_England_and_Wales_in_1964_by_highest_point" title="List of counties of England and Wales in 1964 by highest point">historic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Furth_mountains_in_the_British_Isles" title="List of Furth mountains in the British Isles">Furths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_of_the_British_Isles_by_height" title="List of mountains of the British Isles by height">by height</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hewitt_mountains_in_England,_Wales_and_Ireland" title="List of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland">Hewitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_highest_mountains_in_Wales" title="List of highest mountains in Wales">highest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Marilyns_in_the_British_Isles" title="List of Marilyns in the British Isles">Marilyns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nuttall_mountains_in_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Nuttall mountains in Wales">Nuttall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_P600_mountains_in_the_British_Isles" title="List of P600 mountains in the British Isles">P600s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountain_passes_of_Wales" title="List of mountain passes of Wales">passes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mountain_ranges_of_Wales" title="Category:Mountain ranges of Wales">ranges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_rescue_in_Wales" title="Mountain rescue in Wales">rescue</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_peninsulas#Wales" title="List of peninsulas">Peninsulas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Wales" title="Protected areas of Wales">Protected areas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_Wales" title="National parks of Wales">National parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Areas_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty_in_Wales" title="Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales">AONBs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Wales" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wales">SSSIs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_nature_reserves_in_Wales" title="National nature reserves in Wales">Nature reserves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ramsar_sites_in_Wales" title="List of Ramsar sites in Wales">Ramsar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Wales" title="List of rivers of Wales">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Springs_of_Wales" title="Category:Springs of Wales">Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_vales_in_England_and_Wales" title="List of vales in England and Wales">Vales</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mach_Loop" title="Mach Loop">for military-use</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_the_United_Kingdom#Wales" title="List of volcanoes in the United Kingdom">Extinct volcanoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_waterfalls_in_Wales" title="List of waterfalls in Wales">Waterfalls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wetlands_of_Wales" title="Category:Wetlands of Wales">Wetlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Zone_(Boundaries_and_Transfer_of_Functions)_Order_2010" title="Welsh Zone (Boundaries and Transfer of Functions) Order 2010">Adjacent waters</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;"><a href="/wiki/Environment_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Environment of the United Kingdom">Environment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biodiversity_of_Wales" title="Biodiversity of Wales">Biodiversity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Wales" title="Fauna of Wales">Fauna</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_breeds" title="List of Welsh breeds">Breeds</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_Wales" title="Flora of Wales">Flora</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_apples" title="Welsh apples">Apples</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Wales" title="Climate of 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title="Administrative geography of the United Kingdom">Administrative</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Wales" title="Subdivisions of Wales">Subdivisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Local government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_Wales" title="History of local government in Wales">history</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cantref" title="Cantref">Cantref</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commote" title="Commote">Commote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Marches" title="Welsh Marches">Marches</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marcher_lord" title="Marcher lord">lords</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_law_(Anglo-Welsh_border)" title="March law (Anglo-Welsh border)">law</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hundreds_of_Wales" title="List of hundreds of Wales">Hundreds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_Wales" title="Historic counties of Wales">Historic counties</a> <ul><li>by area <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_of_Wales_by_area_in_1831" title="List of counties of Wales by area in 1831">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_historic_counties_of_Wales_by_area_in_1891" title="List of historic counties of Wales by area in 1891">1891</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_county_exclaves_in_England_and_Wales_1844%E2%80%931974" title="List of county exclaves in England and Wales 1844–1974">1844–1974 exclaves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_of_Wales_by_population_in_1971" title="List of counties of Wales by population in 1971">by population in 1971</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_poor_law_unions_in_Wales" title="List of poor law unions in Wales">Poor law unions</a></li> <li>Local districts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_boards_formed_in_England_and_Wales_1848%E2%80%931894" title="Local boards formed in England and Wales 1848–1894">1848–1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_urban_districts_formed_in_England_and_Wales_1894%E2%80%9395" title="List of urban districts formed in England and Wales 1894–95">1894–95</a></li> <li>1896–1974 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_urban_districts_formed_in_England_and_Wales_1896%E2%80%931974" title="List of urban districts formed in England and Wales 1896–1974">UDs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rural_districts_formed_in_England_and_Wales_1894%E2%80%931974" title="List of rural districts formed in England and Wales 1894–1974">RDs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rural_and_urban_districts_in_Wales_in_1973" title="List of rural and urban districts in Wales in 1973">1973</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preserved_counties_of_Wales" title="Preserved counties of Wales">Preserved counties</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Wales" title="Districts of Wales">districts</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principal_areas_of_Wales" title="Principal areas of Wales">Principal areas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_principal_areas" title="List of Welsh principal areas">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Community_(Wales)" title="Community (Wales)">Communities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_communities_in_Wales" title="List of communities in Wales">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_electoral_wards_in_Wales" title="List of electoral wards in Wales">Electoral wards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_built-up_areas_in_Wales_by_population" title="List of built-up areas in Wales by population">Built-up areas</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Regions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regional_economy_in_Wales" title="Regional economy in Wales">for economy</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;">Settlements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_places_in_Wales" title="Lists of places in Wales">Places</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Wales" title="List of cities in Wales">Cities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_of_Wales" title="Capital of Wales">capital</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Wales" title="List of towns in Wales">Towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Wales" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Wales">Twin towns</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_towns_twinned_with_a_Breton_town" title="List of Welsh towns twinned with a Breton town">with Brittany</a></li></ul></li> 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