lørdag 19. januar 2013

Wales



Wales is a country that is a part of The United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.
The Flag of Wales, which you can see down beneath, consists of a red dragon on a white and green field.


Cardiff is the biggest city but also the capital in Wales. However Cardiff is only the tenth biggest city in the whole UK. Wales has six cities. In addition to Cardiff, Newport and Swansea; the communities of Bangor, St Asaph and St Davids also have city status in the United Kingdom.

The form of government is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. London is the capital city. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are the four constituent countries that belongs to the UK.  The dark blue area on the map is Wales. 
























Welsh language is spoken by around 562,000 speakers, and 19.7% of the population in Wales speaks Welsh, but 14.6% considering them to speak the language fluent.  

In 2011 Wales had a population around 3,063,500. Since Wales is one of the wettest countries in Europe, Whels weather is often cloudy, wet and windy with warm summers and mild winters. 

As I said before, Wales is a country which is a part of the United Kingdom. And In the House of Commons – the lower house of the UK government – Wales is represented by 40 MPs (of 650) from Welsh constituencies.
Wales is been divided into 22 council areas since 1996, for the purposes of local government. And these areas are responsible for the provision for all local government services, including education, social work, environment and road services. 

I have never been to Wales, but last summer I and my family went to England, more directly to London. That summer was my first time in the UK, and to be honest I did not have many expectations. After a day in London, I realized the main different between London and my hometown, Bergen. The people over there are so much more friendly and accommodating than I'm used to. This was something I had heard a lot about, but I never thought that the different would be that big between the people.
 We did not have many days in London, so we spent much of our time on shopping! But as a result of that I got to know the many shopping streets in London, and how many people which visit London on the same time. That number must be incredible high. Of course took we the red busses which drive us through London, and saw all the popular places, such as Big Ben, The Palace of Westminster, London Eye and the Tower Bridge. To summarize I really enjoyed London, and I’m sure that I would enjoy the rest of England and the UK as well. The city was so beautiful and I recommend everybody to visit London for shopping and sightseeing.


5 fun facts about Wales in the end:
- The letters K, Q, V and Z do not appear in the Welsh alphabet at all.
-Mount Everest was named after Welshman Sir George Everest from Gwernvale, Breconshire.
-All the statues surrounding Cardiff Castle are of animals.
-Wales is the land of mythical Kind Arthur.
-Wales is believed to have more castles per square mile than anywhere else in the world. 


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