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2 days ago · Protruding from that backbone are two main mountain areas—the Brecon Beacons in the south, rising to 2,906 feet (886 metres) at Pen y Fan, and Snowdonia in the northwest, reaching 3,560 feet (1,085 metres) at Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales.
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1 day ago · Coordinates: 51°29′N 03°11′W. Cardiff (/ ˈkɑːrdɪf /; Welsh: Caerdydd [kairˈdiːð, kaːɨrˈdɨːð] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of 372,089 in 2022 [2] and forms a principal area officially known as the City and County of Cardiff (Welsh: Dinas a Sir Caerdydd). The city is the eleventh largest in the United Kingdom.
Oct 17, 2024 · 51.48° N 3.18° W. View coordinates. Population. 447,287. World rank: 1,190. Rank in United Kingdom: 9. United Kingdom Population →. Local time. 9:42:22 am. Thursday, July 25 2024. Time Zone: UTC + 1 hour. Time Zone Code: BST. Daylight saving time: +1 hour until 2024-10-27. Distances. View more. Antipodes.
Oct 8, 2024 · Cardiff in South Wales is the 11 th largest city in the United Kingdom and the largest city in Wales. Cardiff was granted city status in 1905, but didn’t become the capital of Wales until 1955. That makes Cardiff the newest capital city in Europe! In the Welsh language, Cardiff is ‘Caerdydd’ (formly Caerdyf).
2 days ago · Wales, constituent unit of the United Kingdom that forms a westward extension of the island of Great Britain. Its capital and main commercial and financial center is Cardiff. Famed for its rugged landscape, Wales retains aspects of Celtic culture that are markedly different from those of its English neighbors.
Oct 20, 2024 · 'Map of Cardiff in 1840', in Cardiff Records: Volume 1. Edited by John Hobson Matthews( Cardiff, 1898), British History Online , accessed October 20, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cardiff-records/vol1/p1.
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