Swansea (/ˈswɒnzi/ SWON-zee; Welsh: Abertawe [abɛrˈtauɛ], "mouth of the Tawe"), officially known as the City and County of Swansea, is a coastal city and county in Wales. It is Wales's second largest city and the UK's twenty-fifth largest city. Swansea lies within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands. According to its local council, the City and County of Swansea had a population of 241,300 in 2014. The last official census stated that the city, metropolitan and urban areas combined concluded to be a total of 462,000 in 2011, making it the second most populous local authority area in Wales after Cardiff. During its 19th-century industrial heyday, Swansea was a key centre of the copper industry, earning the nickname 'Copperopolis'. Since 2011, Swansea has started to expand into a larger region known as the Swansea Bay City Region. After combining with other councils, it now includes Tenby and other parts of West Wales, its population including these areas an estimated 685,051.
Population: 170,883
Latitude: 51° 37' 14.84" N
Longitude: -3° 56' 35.63" W
The Afon Twrch is a river which rises in the Black Mountain in south Wales. It forms the boundary between the counties of Powys (former county of Brecknockshire) and Carmarthenshire and, downstream of Ystradowen, between Powys and Neath Port Talbot …
The Afon Alun is a river in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. It is a small river, with a length of 4.5 miles, or 7 kilometres. Its source is just north of Llandow village, where two streams known as the Stembridge Brook and Llandow Brook converge…
XS was a community radio station serving the Neath Port Talbot county borough.
Abergwynfi is a village in the Welsh county borough of Neath Port Talbot.
Aberavon is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four …
The A4240 is a main road in Gorseinon, Swansea, Wales.
The A4230 is a suburban main road in south Wales.
The A4221 is an A road which links Banwen with Abercraf in Wales.
The A4214 is a ring-road around Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, west Wales.
The A4063 links the town of Bridgend with Cymer in Wales.
Scarlet FM is a local radio station covering the Llanelli, Burry Port and Pembrey areas of south Carmarthenshire in west Wales, playing contemporary and classic music.
Bishopston (Welsh: Llandeilo Ferwallt) is the name of an electoral ward and coterminous community of the same name in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The community has its own community council. Most of the area is rural consisting of farmlan…
Ysguborwen is a 19th-century house in Aberdare, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe is a Welsh-language comprehensive school based in Penlan, Swansea, southwest Wales. It opened in 2003 to complement Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr and to provide additional capacity following the increased demand for Welsh-medium edu…
Ynyswen is a village in the community of Treorchy, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
Windsor Colliery was a coal mine in the village of Abertridwr, Caerphilly.
Winch Wen (Welsh: Winsh-wen, meaning "white well") is a suburban district in the Bon-y-maen ward of the City and County of Swansea, Wales.
Western Cemetery is a major cemetery located in the western suburb of Ely, Cardiff, Wales.