Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, bordered by England to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It is also an elective region of the Europian Union. Wales has a population estimated at three million and is bilingual, with both Welsh and English having equal status.
The head of state in Wales, a constituent part of the United Kingdom, is the British monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II (since 1952). Executive power is vested in the Queen, and exercised by Her Majesty’s Govenrment at Westminster, with some powers devolved to the Welsh Assembly Government in Cardiff.
The currency is that of Britain in general i.e. the pound sterling, sometimes referred to on the Net as the GBP.
The land area is just over 8,000 square miles and Wales measures 160 miles long by 60 miles wide. Wales has extensive tracts of high plateaux with mountain ranges deeply dissected by river valleys radiating from the centre of the upland area. The lowland area is confined mainly to the relatively narrow coastal belts and the valley floors. Snowdon is the highest mountain at 3,560 feet. The coastline is almost 750 miles long (1,200 Km.)…
