Glamorgan

Cardiff is the capital and largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of in and forms a principal area officially known as the City and County of Cardiff (). The city is the eleventh largest in the United Kingdom. Located in the southeast of Wales and in the Cardiff Capital Region, Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan and in 1974–1996 of South Glamorgan. It belongs to the Eurocities network of the largest European cities. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a port for coal when mining began in the region helped its expansion. In 1905, it

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principal area in south-east Wales, United Kingdom

county borough and one of the unitary authority areas of Wales, United Kingdom

principal area in south-east Wales, United Kingdom

principal area in south-east Wales, United Kingdom

Glamorgan (), or sometimes Glamorganshire ( or ), was one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolition in 1974. It is located in South Wales. Originally an early medieval petty kingdom of varying boundaries known in Welsh as Morgannwg (or Glywysing), which was then invaded and taken over by the Normans as the Lordship of Glamorgan. The area that became known as Glamorgan was both a rural, pastoral area, and a conflict point between the Norman lords and the Welsh princes. It was defined by a large concentration of castles.

Traditional Welsh vegetarian sausage

Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales

cattle breed

valley in south Wales, UK