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Wales

Published on Apr 10, 2018

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Wales

(The place not the animal)

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Wales is in the United Kingdom

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  • Cardiff
  • Bangor
  • Newport
  • St Davids
  • Swansea
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Can you say that?
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The Welsh Goverment

is also the UK government
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The UK government is a Constitutional monarchy

The Parliamentary system is system of democratic governance of a state were the executive branch derives it's democratic legitimacy from it's ability to command the confidence of the Legislative branch, typically a parliament, and is also held accountable to that parliament.

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Theresa Mary May is a British politician serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2016.

Carwyn Howell Jones is a Welsh politician who is the current First Minister of Wales. .

The annual salary is £15.3 billion.

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The headquarters are in the Crown Buildings, Cardiff

The local Welsh government was established May 12, 1999

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Cities in wales

(there are 5)

Cardiff is a port city on the south coast of Wales, where the River Taff meets the Severn Estuary. It was proclaimed the nation’s capital in 1955.

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Bangor is a city in Gwynedd unitary authority, northwest Wales. It is the oldest city in Wales and one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom.

Newport is a cathedral and university city and unitary authority area in southeast Wales. It is located on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, approximately 12 miles northeast of Cardiff.

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St Davids is a city, a community and a parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, lying on the River Alun. St Davids is the United Kingdom's smallest city in terms of both size and population.

Cawl

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Welsh Rarebit

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laver

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Glamorgan saugage

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Welsh Cake

Bara Birth

Tatws Popty

Tatws Pum Munud

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holidays

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St. David's Day-People in Wales and those of Welsh origin celebrate the life of their patron saint, St David, and the Welsh culture on March 1 each year. Many people pin a daffodil or leek to their clothes and some, especially children, wear traditional costumes.

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Gŵyl Mabsant-A Gŵyl Mabsant, also known as the Patronal Festival or Wake of a parish, is a traditional Welsh festival

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Dydd Santes Dwynwen-Valentine's Day and is celebrated on 25 January every year. It celebrates Dwynwen, the Welsh saint of loversd annually in commemoration of the patron saint of a parish.

Gŵyl San Steffan-Saint Stephen's Day, or the Feast of Saint Stephen, is a Christian saint's day to commemorate Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr or protomartyr, celebrated on 26 December in the Latin Church and 27 December in Eastern Christianity.

Calan Awst-Gathering Day is a Welsh festival of the summer solstice, so called because it was the time when druids gathered mistletoe and other plants for use in winter.

Alban Elfed-September Equinox (the September equinox is the moment when the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator, heading southward).

Nos Galan Gaeaf and Calan Gaeaf-First day of winter.

Alban Arthan-Winter solstice (the winter solstice, also known as midwinter, is an astronomical phenomenon marking the day with the shortest period of daylight and the longest night of the year).

Eisteddfod-In Welsh culture, an eisteddfod is a Welsh festival of literature, music and performance.

animals

cute, fluffy, and adorible (well, some of them)
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Ospreys: The osprey or more specifically the western osprey — also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk — is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range.

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Dolphins: Dolphins are a widely distributed and diverse group of aquatic mammals. They are an informal grouping within the order Cetacea, excluding whales and porpoises, so to zoologists the grouping is paraphyletic.

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Otters: Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic or marine, with diets based on fish and invertebrates.

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Red Kites: The red kite is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers.

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Puffins: Puffins are any of three small species of alcids in the bird genus Fratercula with a brightly coloured beak during the breeding season. These are pelagic seabirds that feed primarily by diving in the water.

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language

welsh people speak Welsh (and English)
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There are 28 letters in the welsh alphabet

any questions?

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bye

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Animals

  • Osprey
  • Dophin
  • Otter
  • Puffin
  • Red Kites
  • Otter
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