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Wales
Questions related to Wales, the mountainous country in the west of the island of Britain, which is part of the United Kingdom. It is known as Cymru in the Welsh language.
1,626 Questions
Where is the Brecon Beacons National Park located?
Brecon is neither considered mid nor south wales.
It is situated on the main road through wales, the a470, approx 20 miles north of merthyr tydfil.
In the county (or whatever they are called these days) of Powys.
South West of Hereford England (approx 40mins driving time)
East of Llandovery (approx 25mins driving time)
Latitude = 51.9324, Longitude = -3.3893
Lat = 51 degrees, 55.9 minutes North
Long = 3 degress, 23.4 minutes West
How many tries have leigh halfpenny scored for wales?
2 against Canada
1 against Scotland
1 against England
1 against Samoa
5 in total
He has scored 26 points for wales in the 2008/09 season.
i am sure he will score more in the 2009/10 season too!
What is the largest reservoir in Wales?
The largest reservoir is in Wales is Llyn Fyrnwy/Vyrnwy. The largest lake in Wales is Bala Lake, in Welsh it is known as Llyn Tegid.
The Head of State of the United Kingdom is Queen Elizabeth II.
The Head of Government of the United Kingdom is Gordon Brown
The First Minister of the Welsh Assembly Government is Rhodri Morgan.
Pembrokeshire is in the far South-West of Wales, occupying the lower of the two 'horns' of the nation. It is split into North and South Pembrokeshire by a non-officially defined boundary called the Landsker, as the two parts of the county are very different. North Pembrokeshire is far more wild, stormy and rugged than the more gently rolling, pastoral landscape of the South, and Welsh is spoken as a first language far more commonly in the North than in the South. There is also far stronger Nationalist sentiment in the North.
South Pembrokeshire was settled in Mediaeval times by English farmers and weavers of Flemish descent, and is thus sometimes known as 'the little England beyond Wales'. Place-names of the South are thus far more English-sounding than they are in the North.
Principal towns of South Pembrokeshire are Pembroke itself and Tenby, whilst St. Davids, Fishguard and Milford Haven are the main towns of the North. Haverfordwest lies more or less on the border between the two.
What are the three major cities of Wales?
These are Cardiff, Newport and Swansea. They all lie on the South Coast of Wales.
Cardiff is the capital, with Swansea being the second city.
What is the equivilant to one American dollar in Wales?
Wales uses the British pound
1 dollar = 0.606058 pound
1 pound = 1.65000 dollars
Where does the word Wales come from?
The 1901 Irish Census showed 589 people surnamed Welsh. Of these 52% were
Protestant especially in Down, Antrim, Monaghan and Dublin.
The Catholic Welshes were more evenly distributed throughout the country and may have originally been Walsh, which is the 4th most common name in Ireland.
The River Clyde is in Scotland and it runs through Greenock,Port Glasgow,Glasgow, Lanark,Bothwell,. It is 176km (109miles) in length.It is the 9th longest river in the UK and the 3rd longest in Scotland.It was an important river for shipbuiolding and trade in the war.
What are the similarities and differences between wales and England in the year 1000?
The biggest difference was that in1535-1542the kingdoms of wales and england were united by henry viii.
What battles did Caernarfon the castle survive?
There were no famous battles there any only small ones recorded.
Born in Wales what nationality Welsh or British?
That would be a personal choice as you could use either as your nationality. A Welsh nationalist is likely to choose Welsh while a non Welsh speaker who is a supporter of the United Kingdom might choose British.
Snowdon is quite a large area and yes people live within the surrounding areas.
Does anyone live on the top of Snowdon, then no.
People do run a cafe on the top, but they do not live there. Neither do the multitudes who sleep over to see the dawn break.
When was beaumaris castle built?
Construction began in 1295 and continued for 35 years, but the castle was never completed.
It's called 'Hen Wlad fy Nhadau' which means 'The Land of My Fathers.'
My translator says it is Welsh for "Wales about forever".
It actually means Wales For Ever
Although the above 2 are correct - they are the 'literal' translations, in welsh we speak the words in a different order to those in English - the actual meaning of 'Cymru am byth' is God Bless Wales - Cymru being the welsh word for Wales!
How much percentage of people speak Welsh?
The total number of people who know some Welsh (even if it's only a few words) is about 70-75%. About 20% of Welsh people (one fifth) use Welsh as their first language in preference to English. There are a tiny handful of people (most of them now very old) living in remote parts of rural Wales who can ONLY speak Welsh, or whose English is very poor.
There are also several hundred thousands of Welsh expatriots living around the world who have some knowledge of Welsh, a sizeable number of which speak it fluently. In addition, several thousand Patagonian Argentinians can speak the language, due to the region having been colonised by Welsh emigrants in the 19th Century.
yes there is a small town in wales named after wales itself it is in the south of wales and has the name of cymru.
How many wind farms are in Wales?
As of the beginning of year 2014 and statistics collected then, show that there are about 5276 Wind Turbines in United Kingdom. The installed capacity of these wind turbines is over 10 gigawatts.
One of the most important parts of the economy of Wales is sheep farming. It is estimated that there are more than 11 million sheep in Wales. Sheep farming accounts for about 20 percent of the agricultural industry of Wales.
