Surf Wiki
Save to docs
geography/united-kingdom

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

South West Wales

Region of Wales

South West Wales
Summary

Region of Wales

South West Wales used by various public and private sector organisations. Following the borders of the four south-western local authorities

South West Wales is one of the regions of Wales comprising the unitary authorities of Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire.

Definition

This definition is used by a number of government agencies and private organisations including:

  • BBC
  • Welsh Government
  • South West Wales Economic Forum (SWWEF)
  • South West Wales Integrated Transport Consortium (SWWITCH)
  • South West Wales Tourism Partnership (SWWTP)
  • Travel About Britain
  • West Cheshire & North Wales Chamber of Commerce

A different definition is used in the EU Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, which refers to South West Wales as a subdivision of West Wales and the Valleys comprising Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire.

History

The area that is now considered to be South West Wales was established as Deheubarth by Hywel Dda in around the year 920. Although not a kingdom per se, it was ruled dynastically and fought over for centuries, until the conquest of Wales by Edward I, completed in 1283, when it was divided into the historic counties that exist today.

Governance

South West Wales is made up of the four principal areas of Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire and Swansea.

The Swansea Bay City Region is a partnership between local authorities, businesses and other organisations.

In April 2021, a South West Wales Corporate Joint Committee was formed to allow the four local councils in the region to collaborate in areas relating to economic well-being, strategic planning and the development of regional transport policies.

References

References

  1. "South West Wales News - BBC News".
  2. [http://education.wales.gov.uk/topics/tourism/research/regionalprofiles/southwestwales/;jsessionid=wJ1NKJCb23spTN14QhYcydMgPQMyWKzBdJ0w41bPY16PJ0FymvnR!-1895006922?lang=en&ts=4 Welsh Assembly Government - Tourism to South West Wales]
  3. [http://www.swwef.org/welcome_en.htm South West Wales Economic Forum]
  4. "玄人好みのあおぞら銀行".
  5. [http://www.swwtp.co.uk/ South West Wales Tourism Partnership]
  6. [http://www.southwestwales.info/ South West Wales]
  7. "Discover South West Wales".
  8. (September 8, 2016). "Councils in Wales 'will not merge for a decade'".
  9. "Geography - NUTS: Wales: Directory".
Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

regions-of-wales
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about South West Wales — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report