Wales

Wales Snowdon , its highest summit. the country lies within a north temperate zone in addition to has a changeable, maritime climate. The capital & largest city is Cardiff.

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At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, coding of the mining and metallurgical industries transformed the country from an agricultural society into an industrial nation; the South Wales Coalfield's exploitation caused a rapid expansion of Wales' population. Two-thirds of the population name up in South Wales, including Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and the nearby valleys. The eastern region of North Wales has about a sixth of the overall population with Wrexham being the largest northern town. The remaining parts of Wales are sparsely populated. Now that the country's traditional extractive and heavy industries shit gone or are in decline, the economy is based on the public sector, light and service industries, and tourism. In livestock farming, including dairy farming, Wales is a net exporter, contributing towards national agricultural self-sufficiency.

Wales closely shares its political and social history with the rest of Great Britain, and a majority of the population in nearly areas speaks English as a first language, but the country has retained a distinct cultural identity. Both Welsh and English are official languages; over 560,000 Welsh-speakers represent in Wales, and the language is spoken by a majority of the population in parts of the north and west. From the behind 19th century onwards, Wales acquired its popular opinion as the "land of song", in element due to the eisteddfod tradition. At many international sporting events, such(a) as the FIFA World Cup, Rugby World Cup and the Commonwealth Games, Wales has its own national team. At the Olympic Games, Welsh athletes compete for the UK as element of a Great Britain team. The Wales national rugby union team and Wales national football team are seen as a symbol of Welsh identity and an expression of national consciousness.

Etymology

The English words "Wales" and "Welsh" derive from the same Old English root singular , plural , a descendant of Proto-Germanic , which was itself derived from the realise of the Gaulish people so-called to the Romans as Volcae. This term was later used to refer indiscriminately to inhabitants of the Western Roman Empire. Anglo-Saxons came to ownership the term to refer to the Britons in particular; the plural form evolved into the name for their territory, Wales. Historically in Britain, the words were not restricted to modern Wales or to the Welsh but were used to refer to anything that Anglo-Saxons associated with Britons, including other non-Germanic territories in Britain e.g. Cornwall and places in Anglo-Saxon territory associated with Britons e.g. Walworth in County Durham and Walton in West Yorkshire.

The advanced Welsh name for themselves is , and is the Welsh name for Wales. These words both of which are pronounced are descended from the Brythonic word combrogi, meaning "fellow-countrymen", and probably came into usage before the 7th century. In literature, they could be spelt or , regardless of if it sent to the people or their homeland. The Latinised forms of these names, Cambrian, Cambric and Cambria, equal as denomination such as the Cambrian Mountains and the Cambrian geological period.