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Pembrokeshire
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Pembrokeshire ( ; ) is a county in the south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and otherwise by the sea. Haverfordwest is the largest town and administrative headquarters of Pembrokeshire County Council.
Pembrokeshire is a county located in southwestern Wales, bordered by two other Welsh counties to the east and northeast and surrounded by sea on its other sides. Haverfordwest serves as its largest town and the seat of local government administration.
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Key facts
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- A montage of three images, the first of Tenby's wide, curved harbour with a sandy beach and a grassy cliff to the right, with small boats moored in the harbour, and above the dark harbour walls are many pastel-coloured houses. The second, down a set of steps, shows St David's Cathedral and its tower. The third shows the Carregwastad Point headland at the centre surrounded by the sea.
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- Flag of Pembrokeshire.svg
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- Pembrokeshire UK location map.svg
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- Pembrokeshire shown within Wales
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- Sovereign state
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- United Kingdom
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Wales
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- Region
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- Preserved county
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- Dyfed
- Settlement.established_title
- Incorporated
- Settlement.established_date
- 1 April 1996
- Settlement.seat_type
- AdministrativeHQ
- Settlement.seat
- Haverfordwest
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- Principal council
- Settlement.governing_body
- Pembrokeshire County Council
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- Control
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- principal area of Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Wales
- Capital
- Haverfordwest
- Population
- 125818
- Area
- 1618.6776
- Body of water
- Bristol Channel
- Shares border with
- Carmarthenshire
- Official website
- www.visitpembrokeshire.com
- Image
- Circular walk from Solva to St Elvis and Dinas Fawr (25) - geograph.org.uk - 1532807.jpg
- Motto
- EX UNITATE VIRES
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- Commons category
- Pembrokeshire
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- topic's main category
- Category:Pembrokeshire
- category for films shot at this location
- Category:Films shot in Pembrokeshire
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pembrokeshire
- category for people born here
- Category:People born in Pembrokeshire
- inception
- 1996-00-00
- P12749
- Barychelidae
- located in/on physical feature
- Great Britain
- language used
- English language
- catalog code
- PMB
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Encyclopedic overview
32 sectionsContents
- Settlements
- Geography
- Climate
- Geology
- Coastline and landscape
- Biodiversity
- History
- Demography
- Population
- Language
- Religion
- Ethnicity
- Governance, politics and public services
- Transport
- Economy
- Agriculture
- Fishing
- Mining
- Oil, gas and renewable energy
- Tourism
- Culture
- Flag
- Physical heritage
- The arts and media
- Sport
- Notable people
- Education and health
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Pembrokeshire ( ; ) is a county in the south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and otherwise by the sea. Haverfordwest is the largest town and administrative headquarters of Pembrokeshire County Council.
The county is generally sparsely populated and rural, with an area of and a population of 123,400. After Haverfordwest, the largest settlements are Milford Haven (13,907), Pembroke Dock (9,753), and Pembroke (7,552). St Davids (1,841) is the smallest city by population in the UK. Welsh is spoken by 17.2 percent of the population; for historic reasons the language is more widely spoken in the north of the county than in the south.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pembrokeshire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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