Wales

:For alternate meanings, see Wales (disambiguation)

Divisions

For administrative purposes, Wales has been divided since 1996 into 22 unitary authorities:

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• 9 counties
• 10 county boroughs
• 3 cities^{1 - Cardiff, Swansea and Newport.}

For more details and recent history of the political divisions of Wales, see Subdivisions of Wales.

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1: There are five cities in total in Wales — in addition to the three unitary authorities listed above, the communities of Bangor & St. David's also have the status of a city.

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