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Total Area:: 20,780km2 (8023m2)
Highest mountain:: Snowdon
[Welsh name: Yr Wyddfa
(The tomb)]
It’s the highest mountain in
England and Wales at 1085m
(3560 ft)
Other mountains (In order of size):: Carnedd Llewleyn (1064m)
Glyder Fawr (1064m)
Y Garn (947m)
Elidir Fawr (924m)
Tryfan (915m)
Aran Fawddwy (905m)
Y Lliwedd (898m)
Cadair Idris (893m)

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Population:: 3,006,430 (StatsWales 2010)
Gross Value Added:: £15,222 per head or 74.1
GDP per capita (PPP):: €22,567 or 95.8 per cent of the average for the 27 countries of the EU as a whole, when expressed using the purchasing power standard (PPS) (2004)£14,396 per head or 78.
Currency:: Pound sterling GBP
Top five export industries:: Metals (£2,228m)
Energy (£1,730m)
Chemicals (£1,091m)
Engineering (£1,008m)
Automotive (£696m)
Top five export destinations:: USA (£2,072m)
Germany (£1,410m)
Ireland (£903m)
Belgium (£647m)
France (£586m)

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Population:: 3,006,430 (StatsWales 2010)
Birth rate:: 11.3 per 1000 population
Population growth:: By 2031, the population to
increase by 11 percent to
3.3 million
Life expectancy at birth:: Males 78.1
Females 81.6; 1. Cardiff; 2. Rhondda Cynon Taff; 3. Swansea; 4. Carmarthenshire; 5. Caerphilly; 6. Flintshire; 7. Newport; 8. Neath Port Talbot; 9. Bridgend; 10. Powys; 11. Wrexham; 12. The Vale of Glamorgan; 13. Gwynedd; 14. Pembrokeshire; 15. Conwy; 16. Denbighshire; 17. Torfaen; 18. Monmouthsire; 19. Ceredigion; 20. Blaenau Gwent; 21. Isle of Anglesey; 22. Merthyr Tydfil

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Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Wye Valley
Isle of Anglesey Coast
Llyn Peninsula
Gower Peninsula
Clwydian Hills
National Parks: Snowdonia National Park
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Brecon Beacons National Park.