Subdivisions of Wales information

The subdivisions of Wales constitute a hierarchy of administrative divisions and non-administrative ceremonial areas. For the purposes of local government...

of Wales, comprising the counties and county boroughs of Wales, are a form of subdivision in Wales. There are currently 22 principal areas in Wales,...

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the Local Government Act 1972, being subdivisions of the eight counties introduced at the same time. This system of two-tier local government was abolished...

Minister of Wales (Welsh: Prif Weinidog Cymru), known as First Secretary of Wales from 1999 until 2000, is the leader of the Welsh Government and keeper of the...

Wales has traditionally been divided into a number of ambiguous and ill-defined areas described as regions, reflecting historical, geographical, administrative...

Caernarfon Castle Llandrindod Wells The current capital of Wales is Cardiff. Historically, Wales did not have a definite capital. In 1955, the Minister...

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Wrexham County Borough Council At the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Wales are the communities, into which each principal area is subdivided...

Politics in Wales forms a distinctive polity in the wider politics of the United Kingdom, with Wales as one of the four constituent countries of the United...

The historic counties of Wales (Welsh: siroedd hynafol) were the thirteen sub-divisions used in Wales from either 1282 and 1535, up to their abolishment...

to that of a parish, manor, village or tithing. The vill was the smallest territorial and administrative unit—a geographical subdivision of the hundred...

grouping of constituencies). Wales's five electoral regions are Mid and West Wales, North Wales, South Wales Central, South Wales East and South Wales West...

plural cymydau, less frequently cymydoedd) was a secular division of land in Medieval Wales. The word derives from the prefix cym- ("together", "with") and...

corporate or corporate county was a type of subnational division used for local government in England, Wales, and Ireland. Counties corporate were created...

This is a list of the first ministers of Wales. The role of "First Secretary of Wales" was introduced in 1999 with the establishment of the National Assembly...

devolved government of Wales. The government consists of ministers and deputy ministers. It is led by the first minister, usually the leader of the largest party...

England has a non-universal structure of local government subdivisions. There are two tiers of local government subdivision - (administrative) counties and...

valley in Wales. It lies between Rhondda and the Merthyr Valley and takes its name from the River Cynon. Aberdare is located in the north of the valley...

advocating for Wales to become a sovereign state, independent from the United Kingdom. Wales was conquered during the 13th century by Edward I of England following...

This is a list of the 22 principal areas of Wales giving their most recent date of creation and the style by which they are known. The population and...

Welsh, is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Wales. A democratically elected body, it makes laws for Wales, agrees to certain taxes, and scrutinises the...

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secretary of state for Wales (Welsh: ysgrifennydd gwladol Cymru), also referred to as the Welsh secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the...

Assembly for Wales) was established in 1999. It will also be the second election since the Senedd changed its name in May 2020. A reform of the voting system...

to vote in Wales, the largest extension of the franchise in Wales since 1969. Both changes were a result of the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020....