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Wales is a country that is part of the [[United Kingdom]]. Their flag has a picture of a [[dragon]. The Welsh flag forms no part of the Union Jack.
Wales is a country that is part of the [[United Kingdom]]. Its [[Monarch]] is [[Charles Stewart]], Prince of Wales, son of [[Queen Elizabeth II]]. Their flag has a picture of a [[dragon]], usually called Idris. The Welsh flag forms no part of the Union Flag as Wales is merely a principality.
English is universally spoken in Wales - however, the ancestral Celtic language of Welsh is still spoken as a first or second language by approximately a quarter of the population. The long-term decline in Welsh-speakers has stabilised since the early 1990s.
English is universally spoken in Wales - however, the ancestral Celtic language of Welsh is still spoken as a first or second language by approximately a quarter of the population. The long-term decline in Welsh-speakers has stabilised since the early 1990s.
The capital of Wales is [[Cardiff]].
The capital of Wales is [[Cardiff]].
The national sport is [[rugby union]], the national emblems are the leek and the daffodil. South Wales was formerly heavily industrialised, with [[coal]] mining and [[steel]]working, whereas North Wales is a pastoral area used mainly for [[sheep]]farming
The national sport is [[rugby union]], the national emblems are the leek and the daffodil. South Wales was formerly heavily industrialised, with [[coal]] mining and [[steel]]working, whereas North Wales is a pastoral area used mainly for [[sheep]]farming.
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Mining in South Wales has undergone a recent resurgence due to the discovery of new energy resources, particularly in the Crumlin area.
[[Category:Principalities]]
[[Category:United Kingdom]]
[[Category:United Kingdom]]