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Administrative counties and county boroughs were first established in Wales in 1889. Urban and rural districts were formed in 1894. These were replaced in 1974 by a two-tier authority system across the country comprising eight counties and, within them, thirty-seven districts. This system was itself replaced by the introduction of 22 single-tier authorities in 1996. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_Government_Act_1888">Local Government Act 1888</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_local_government_in_Wales&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Local Government Act 1888"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1889 to 1974, counties made up of administrative counties and county boroughs were used for local government purposes. The counties were created by the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1888" title="Local Government Act 1888">Local Government Act 1888</a> (<a href="/wiki/51_%26_52_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="51 & 52 Vict.">51 & 52 Vict.</a> c. 41), which applied without distinction across Wales and England, and in Wales the administrative counties were based on the <a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_Wales" title="Historic counties of Wales">historic counties of Wales</a>, but they were not entirely identical. </p><p>The 1888 act did not create elected district councils, but anticipated their later creation, which came with the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1894" title="Local Government Act 1894">Local Government Act 1894</a> (<a href="/wiki/56_%26_57_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="56 & 57 Vict.">56 & 57 Vict.</a> c. 73). The 1894 act created 'urban districts' and 'rural districts'. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_counties">Administrative counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_local_government_in_Wales&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Administrative counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wales_Administration_Map_1947.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Wales_Administration_Map_1947.png/250px-Wales_Administration_Map_1947.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="401" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Wales_Administration_Map_1947.png/375px-Wales_Administration_Map_1947.png 1.5x, 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<td>50,098 </td> <td>176,694 (715) </td> <td>51,705 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brecknockshire" title="Brecknockshire">Brecknockshire</a> </td> <td>469,894 (1,902) </td> <td>51,393 </td> <td>469,281 (1,899) </td> <td>55,185 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ceredigion" title="Ceredigion">Cardiganshire</a> </td> <td>443,071 (1,793) </td> <td>63,467 </td> <td>443,189 (1,794) </td> <td>53,648 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Carmarthenshire" title="Carmarthenshire">Carmarthenshire</a> </td> <td>587,816 (2,379) </td> <td>130,566 </td> <td>588,271 (2,381) </td> <td>168,008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Caernarfonshire" title="Caernarfonshire">Caernarfonshire</a><sup>(1)</sup> </td> <td>360,138 (1,457) </td> <td>117,233 </td> <td>364,108 (1,473) </td> <td>121,767 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Denbighshire_(historic)" title="Denbighshire (historic)">Denbighshire</a> </td> <td>424,235 (1,717) </td> <td>118,843 </td> <td>427,978 (1,732) </td> <td>174,151 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Flintshire_(historic)" title="Flintshire (historic)">Flintshire</a> </td> <td>164,051 (664) </td> <td>77,277 </td> <td>163,707 (662) </td> <td>150,082 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glamorgan" title="Glamorgan">Glamorgan</a> </td> <td>505,815 (2,047) </td> <td>467,954 </td> <td>468,808 (1,897) </td> <td>523,253 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Merionethshire" title="Merionethshire">Merionethshire</a> </td> <td>427,810 (1,731) </td> <td>49,212 </td> <td>422,372 (1,709) </td> <td>38,310 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire_(historic)" title="Monmouthshire (historic)">Monmouthshire</a> </td> <td>342,548 (1,386) </td> <td>203,347 </td> <td>346,779 (1,403) </td> <td>336,556 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montgomeryshire" title="Montgomeryshire">Montgomeryshire</a> </td> <td>510,111 (2,064) </td> <td>58,003 </td> <td>510,110 (2,064) </td> <td>41,165 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pembrokeshire" title="Pembrokeshire">Pembrokeshire</a> </td> <td>392,710 (1,589) </td> <td>88,296 </td> <td>393,008 (1,590) </td> <td>94,124 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Radnorshire" title="Radnorshire">Radnorshire</a> </td> <td>301,164 (1,219) </td> <td>21,791 </td> <td>301,165 (1,219) </td> <td>18,471 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup>(1)</sup>Renamed from Carnarvonshire, 1 July 1926<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="County_boroughs">County boroughs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_local_government_in_Wales&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: County boroughs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There were also a number of administratively independent <a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county boroughs</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a> created in 1889 (associated with Glamorgan)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea" title="Swansea">Swansea</a>, created in 1889 (associated with Glamorgan)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport</a>, separated from Monmouthshire in 1891</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Tydfil" title="Merthyr Tydfil">Merthyr Tydfil</a>, separated from Glamorgan in 1908</li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>County borough </th> <th>Area 1911<br />acres (km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th>Population 1911 </th> <th>Area 1961<br />acres (km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th>Population 1961 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a> </td> <td>6,373 (26) </td> <td>182,259 </td> <td>15,085 (61) </td> <td>256,582 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Tydfil" title="Merthyr Tydfil">Merthyr Tydfil</a> </td> <td>17,761 (72) </td> <td>80,990 </td> <td>17,760 (72) </td> <td>59,039 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport</a> </td> <td>4,504 (18) </td> <td>83,691 </td> <td>7,691 (31) </td> <td>112,298 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Swansea" title="Swansea">Swansea</a> </td> <td>5,202 (21) </td> <td>114,663 </td> <td>21,600 (87) </td> <td>167,322 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_Government_Act_1972:_Counties_and_districts">Local Government Act 1972: Counties and districts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_local_government_in_Wales&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Local Government Act 1972: Counties and districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wales_Administrative_1974.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Wales_Administrative_1974.png/250px-Wales_Administrative_1974.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="394" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Wales_Administrative_1974.png/375px-Wales_Administrative_1974.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Wales_Administrative_1974.png/500px-Wales_Administrative_1974.png 2x" data-file-width="2150" data-file-height="3389" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1974, the existing administrative counties and county boroughs were abolished and replaced by eight new two-tier authorities, instead called 'counties' by the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a> (1972 c. 70). These counties were sub-divided into lower-tier districts. </p><p>The counties were all given names in <a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a> only, apart from the three in Glamorgan, which had <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> names as well as Welsh. The creation of these new administrative areas effectively separated the administrative function from the traditional counties, although in reality this had occurred in 1889. </p><p>These two-tier counties were abolished in 1996 and replaced with <a href="/wiki/Principal_areas_of_Wales" title="Principal areas of Wales">principal areas</a>, each of which is designated as either a county or county borough. The names and areas of the pre-1996 counties were retained with slight modifications for some ceremonial purposes such as <a href="/wiki/Lord-Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord-Lieutenant">Lieutenancy</a>, and became known as the <a href="/wiki/Preserved_counties_of_Wales" title="Preserved counties of Wales">preserved counties of Wales</a>, which were amended in 2003 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/wales/wsi2003/20030974e.htm">S.I. 2003/974</a> to ensure that each principal area is wholly within one preserved county. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Counties">Counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_local_government_in_Wales&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Gwent_(county)" title="Gwent (county)">Gwent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Glamorgan" title="South Glamorgan">South Glamorgan</a><br /> (<i>De Morgannwg</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Glamorgan" title="Mid Glamorgan">Mid Glamorgan</a><br /> (<i>Morgannwg Ganol</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Glamorgan" title="West Glamorgan">West Glamorgan</a><br /> (<i>Gorllewin Morgannwg</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyfed" title="Dyfed">Dyfed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powys" title="Powys">Powys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwynedd" title="Gwynedd">Gwynedd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clwyd" title="Clwyd">Clwyd</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Districts">Districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_local_government_in_Wales&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Districts"><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">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Wales" title="Districts of Wales">Districts of Wales</a></div> <p>The counties were sub-divided into districts, these were: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clwyd" title="Clwyd">Clwyd</a> — <a href="/wiki/Alyn_and_Deeside_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alyn and Deeside (district)">Alyn and Deeside</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colwyn" title="Colwyn">Colwyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delyn_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Delyn (district)">Delyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glyndwr" class="mw-redirect" title="Glyndwr">Glyndwr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhuddlan_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhuddlan (district)">Rhuddlan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wrexham_Maelor" title="Wrexham Maelor">Wrexham Maelor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyfed" title="Dyfed">Dyfed</a> — <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carmarthen (district)">Carmarthen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ceredigion" title="Ceredigion">Ceredigion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dinefwr_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinefwr Borough Council">Dinefwr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanelli_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Llanelli (district)">Llanelli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Preseli_Pembrokeshire" title="Preseli Pembrokeshire">Preseli Pembrokeshire</a> <i>(named Preseli until 1987)</i>, <a href="/wiki/South_Pembrokeshire" title="South Pembrokeshire">South Pembrokeshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwent_(county)" title="Gwent (county)">Gwent</a> — <a href="/wiki/Blaenau_Gwent" title="Blaenau Gwent">Blaenau Gwent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Islwyn" title="Islwyn">Islwyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monmouth_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Monmouth (district)">Monmouth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newport_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Newport (district)">Newport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Torfaen" title="Torfaen">Torfaen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwynedd" title="Gwynedd">Gwynedd</a> — <a href="/wiki/Aberconwy_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aberconwy (district)">Aberconwy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arfon_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arfon (district)">Arfon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dwyfor" title="Dwyfor">Dwyfor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meirionnydd" title="Meirionnydd">Meirionnydd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anglesey" title="Anglesey">Anglesey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Glamorgan" title="Mid Glamorgan">Mid Glamorgan</a> — <a href="/wiki/Cynon_Valley" title="Cynon Valley">Cynon Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ogwr" title="Ogwr">Ogwr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Tydfil" title="Merthyr Tydfil">Merthyr Tydfil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhondda_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhondda (district)">Rhondda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhymney_Valley_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhymney Valley (district)">Rhymney Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taff-Ely" title="Taff-Ely">Taff–Ely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powys" title="Powys">Powys</a> — <a href="/wiki/Brecknock_(borough)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brecknock (borough)">Brecknock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montgomeryshire_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Montgomeryshire (district)">Montgomery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radnorshire_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Radnorshire (district)">Radnor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Glamorgan" title="South Glamorgan">South Glamorgan</a> — <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vale_of_Glamorgan" title="Vale of Glamorgan">Vale of Glamorgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Glamorgan" title="West Glamorgan">West Glamorgan</a> — <a href="/wiki/Lliw_Valley" title="Lliw Valley">Lliw Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neath_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neath (district)">Neath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port_Talbot_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Talbot (district)">Port Talbot</a> <i>(named Afan until 1986)</i>, <a href="/wiki/Swansea" title="Swansea">Swansea</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1996">1996</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_local_government_in_Wales&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1996"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The redistribution of these districts into the current principal areas is as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Principal area</th> <th>Previous districts </th></tr> <tr> <td>Blaenau Gwent</td> <td>most of Blaenau Gwent </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bridgend</td> <td>most of Ogwr </td></tr> <tr> <td>Caerphilly</td> <td>Islwyn, Rhymney Valley </td></tr> <tr> <td>Carmarthenshire</td> <td>Carmarthen, Llanelli, Dinefwr </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cardiff</td> <td>Cardiff, part of Taff–Ely </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ceredigion" title="Ceredigion">Ceredigion</a></td> <td>Ceredigion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Conwy</td> <td>Aberconwy, most of Colwyn </td></tr> <tr> <td>Denbighshire</td> <td>Rhuddlan, parts of Glyndwr and Colwyn </td></tr> <tr> <td>Flintshire</td> <td>Alyn and Deeside, Delyn </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gwynedd</td> <td>Arfon, Dwyfor, Meirionnydd </td></tr> <tr> <td>Isle of Anglesey</td> <td>Anglesey </td></tr> <tr> <td>Merthyr Tydfil</td> <td>Merthyr Tydfil </td></tr> <tr> <td>Monmouthshire</td> <td>Monmouth, part of Blaenau Gwent </td></tr> <tr> <td>Neath Port Talbot</td> <td>Neath, Port Talbot, parts of Lliw Valley </td></tr> <tr> <td>Newport</td> <td>Newport </td></tr> <tr> <td>Pembrokeshire</td> <td>Preseli Pembrokeshire, South Pembrokeshire </td></tr> <tr> <td>Powys</td> <td>Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire, Brecknock, part of Glyndwr </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rhondda Cynon Taf</td> <td>Rhondda, Cynon Valley, most of Taff-Ely </td></tr> <tr> <td>Swansea</td> <td>Swansea, parts of Lliw Valley </td></tr> <tr> <td>Torfaen</td> <td>Torfaen </td></tr> <tr> <td>Vale of Glamorgan</td> <td>most of Vale of Glamorgan </td></tr> <tr> <td>Wrexham</td> <td>most of Wrexham, parts of Glyndwr </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_local_government_in_Wales&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Local government in Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="History of local government in the United Kingdom">History of local 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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 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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 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(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 href="/wiki/Regions_of_Wales" title="Regions of Wales">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 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