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Wales (Welsh : Cymru [ˈkəm.rɨ] ⓘ ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the east , the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic Sea to the south-west. As of the 2021 census, it had a population of 3,107,494. It has a total area of 21,218 square kilometres (8,192 sq mi) and over 2,700 kilometres (1,680 mi) of coastline. It is largely mountainous with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa ), its highest summit. The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable, maritime climate . The capital and largest city is Cardiff .
A distinct Welsh culture emerged among the Celtic Britons after the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century, and Wales was briefly united under Gruffydd ap Llywelyn in 1055. After over 200 years of war, the conquest of Wales by King Edward I of England was completed by 1283, though Owain Glyndŵr led the Welsh Revolt against English rule in the early 15th century, and briefly re-established an independent Welsh state with its own national parliament (Welsh : senedd ). In the 16th century the whole of Wales was annexed by England and incorporated within the English legal system under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 . Distinctive Welsh politics developed in the 19th century. Welsh Liberalism , exemplified in the early 20th century by David Lloyd George , was displaced by the growth of socialism and the Labour Party . Welsh national feeling grew over the century: a nationalist party, Plaid Cymru , was formed in 1925, and the Welsh Language Society in 1962. A governing system of Welsh devolution is employed in Wales, of which the most major step was the formation of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament, formerly the National Assembly for Wales) in 1998, responsible for a range of devolved policy matters . (Full article... )
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Snowdon (
Welsh :
Yr Wyddfa ,
pronounced [əɾ ˈwɪðva] ) is the highest mountain in Wales, at an altitude of 1,085 metres (3,560 ft)
above sea level , and the highest point in the
British Isles outside
Scotland . It is located in
Snowdonia National Park (
Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri ) in
Gwynedd , and has been described as "probably the busiest mountain in Britain". It is designated as a
national nature reserve for its rare flora and fauna.
The rocks that form Snowdon were produced by volcanoes in the Ordovician period, and the massif has been extensively sculpted by glaciation , forming the pyramidal peak of Snowdon and the arêtes of Crib Goch and Y Lliwedd . The cliff faces on Snowdon, including Clogwyn Du'r Arddu , are significant for rock climbing , and the mountain was used by Edmund Hillary in training for the 1953 ascent of Mount Everest . The summit can also be reached on the Snowdon Mountain Railway , a rack and pinion railway opened in 1896 which carries passengers the 4.7 miles (7.6 km) from Llanberis to the summit station. The summit also houses a visitor centre called Hafod Eryri , built in 2006 to replace one built in the 1930s by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis .
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Wales was in ancient times divided into three parts nearly equal, consideration having been paid, in this division, more to the value than to the just quantity or proportion of territory.
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Guto Pryderi Puw (born 1971) is a Welsh composer , university lecturer and conductor . He is considered to be one of the most promising Welsh composers of his generation and a key figure in current Welsh music. Puw's music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and been featured on television programmes for the BBC and S4C . He has twice been awarded the Composer's Medal at the National Eisteddfod .
Puw's works include pieces for unusual combinations of instruments, such as a tuba quartet or a trio consisting of harp , cello and double-bass , as well as more traditional forces such as solo baritone and piano , choir or orchestra . He was associated with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales as its Resident Composer, the first holder of this title, from 2006 to 2009. Puw wrote an oboe concerto as part of this association, and his latest composition for the orchestra was premiered at the 2007 Proms . Puw's own Welsh identity is a recurrent theme in his music: some of his pieces set Welsh-language poetry to music and one of his pieces, Reservoirs , is written about the flooding of Welsh valleys to provide water for England.
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