What are interesting fact about wales?

Answer 1

The Population Of Wales Is 2,903,085!!

Wales has not been politically independent since 1282, when it was conquered by King Edward I of England.The Welsh language is not actually Gaelic.

Wales isn’t represented on the British Flag.

A Welshman invented Lawn Tennis.

Canada was explored and mapped by a Welshman.

The automobile was invented by a Welshman.

The New York Times was founded by a Welshman.

The earth's highest mountain is named after a Welshman.(Everest)

The world's biggest second-hand bookshop is in Wales.USK

Britain has no Death Penalty, because of Welshman who was hanged for murder.

Tre'r Ceiri is the largest Iron-Age fort in northwestern Europe.

The world's longest railroad station name is in Wales. -Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.

Wales is the most important sheep raising area in Europe.

The last British person to die in World War One was a Welshman.

Welsh prisons were training grounds for the IRA (Irish Republican Army).

Welsh gypsies were the last speak Romani in Europe.

A pungent vegetable ( A Leek) is the national emblem of Wales.

The world's first wireless transmission took place in Wales.

Wellington had guns and cannon balls where cast in the largest Iron making plant in the world situated in Merthyr Tydfil

The River Usk in Wales has the second highest tidal rise and fall in the World.

The smallest City in the UK is in St David's on the Pembrokeshire coast. (population 1484 - Census 1991)

Wales land mass is 8016 square miles. Coastline 746 miles long.

Comedian Bob Hope's parents were married in Cardiff.

Millenium Stadium Cardiff has the largest retractable roof of any sports arena in the World.

Pryce Jones from Newtown Montgomeryshire created the first Mail Order business in the World. Delivering to a predominantly remote rural customer base in the hills and valleys of Wales.

The letters K, Q, V and Z do not appear in the Welsh alphabet

Welsh explorer David Thompson mapped 20% of the North American Continent, surveying the Canada/US border from East to West in the 1800's.

Al Capone's chief lieutenant, known as "Murray the Hump" was one of the most successful criminals in US history. He was born in Chicago of Welsh parents from Llandidloes

Until the 1980′s, Wales was one of the main exporters of coal

Road signs in Wales are usually written in both Welsh and English

St. David is the patron saint of Wales. He was a monk who lived on bread, water, herbs and leeks and died on March 1, 589 A. D.

The leek had been recognised as the emblem of Wales since the middle of the 16th century. Its association with Wales can in fact be traced back to the battle of Heathfield in 633 AD, when St. David persuaded his countrymen to distinguish themselves from their Saxon foes by wearing a leek in their caps.

Answer 2

Most, but not all, of the world's Welsh speakers live in Wales.

Answer 3

they are mammals like us, and a type of whales' diet is mainly composed of extreamly small fish like shrimp, and Japan is one of the last contries that hunting whales is legal

Answer 4

A fact about Wales is that it is called Cymru in its own language.

Answer 5

The way a man once professed his love for a woman in Wales was by carving a spoon.