country of the Celts in Britain

• Location: western Great Britain
• Capital: Cardiff
• Area: 20,779 sq km or 7987 sq miles
• Population: 3 million people (2011 year)
• Time: Greenwich Mean Time
• Language: English, Welsh
• Flag: Welsh cross or Saint David’s Cross
• Emblem: leek and daffodil

Wales is a country of geographical
variation with many long stretches
of attractive and rugged coastline.
South Wales is mainly known for its
industrial heritage but the western
part of the coast between
Carmarthen Bay and St David's is
similar to that of the pastoral west
country of England, and backed by
some beautiful countryside. The
scenery of mid-Wales includes
farming valleys, the broad sweep of
Cardigan Bay and rolling hill
country. North Wales is one of the
most popular tourist regions in the
British Isles, with many coastal
resorts. Inland, the region of
Snowdonia has been popular with
walkers and climbers. Much of the
central inland area of the country is
mountainous, with some beautiful
scenery.

Wales tends to be wetter than in England, with less
sunshine. The coastal areas can be very warm in
summer. Conditions in upland areas can be changeable
at all times of the year. It’s raining every year too.

Over the last 250 years, Wales has been
transformed first from a predominantly
agricultural country to an industrial, and
now a post-industrial economy.

Swansea
Neath
Cwmbran
Barry
Llanelli
Newport

January 1 New Year’s Day
February 14 St. Valentin’s Day
March 1 Saint David’s Day
variable Good Friday
variable Easter Monday
April 1 April’s Fool Day
April 21 Queen's Birthday
May 1 May Day Bank Holiday
Last Moday in May Spring Bank Holiday
August 25 Summer Bank Holiday
October 31 Halloween
November 1 All Saint’s Eve
November 5 Bonfire Night
December 25 Christmas Day
December 26 Boxing Day

Mythology
Cuisine
Visual Art
Literature
Children of Dôn, Children of
Llŷr, Kingdom of Dyfed
The Bard, 1774,
by Thomas Jones
Roald Dahl and Raymond Williams
Cawl and Welsh rerabit with egg

Drama
Festivals Media
Dance
BBC in Cardiff
shooting serials
Folk dancing and clog dancing
Kaya Festival, Swn Fest
Michael Sheen, Anthony
Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones