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WALES .
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom , bordered by England to its east , and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west . It is also an elective region of the European Union . Wales has a population estimated at three million .
The capital Cardiff is Wales's largest city with 317,500 people . For a period it was the biggest coal port in the world . Cardiff is the largest media centre in the UK outside of London .
Wales is located on a peninsula in central-west Great Britain . Its area , the size of Wales , is about 20,779 km² . Wales is bordered by England to the east and by sea in the other three directions : The Bristol Channel to the south , St. George's Channel to the west , and the Irish Sea to the north .
The main population and industrial areas are in South Wales ,consisting of the cities of Cardiff , Swansea and Newport and surrounding areas , with another significant population in the north-east around Wrexham .
English is spoken by almost all people in Wales . Northen and western Wales retain many areas where Welsh is spoken as a first language by majority of the population and English is learnt as a second language . Today there are very few truly monoglot Welsh speakers , other than small children , but individuals still exist who may be considered less than fluent in English and rarely speak it . There were still many monoglots as recently as the middle of the 20th sentury .
The most popular sports in Wales are rugby union and football . Wales has had its own football league since 1992 althought , for historical reasons , two Welsh clubs ( Cardiff City and Swansea City ) play in the English Football League . Rugby league is now developing in Wales . The Wakes national rugby league team was formed in 1907 , making them the third oldest national side .
Wales's other bat-and-ball sport is British Baseball , which is chiefly confinedto Cardiff and Newport , two cities with very long baseball traditioons .
The Flag of Wales incorporates the red dragon og Prince Cadwalander along with the Tudor colours of green and white . It was used by Henry VII at the battle of Bosworth in 1485 after which it was carried in state to St. Paul's Cathedral . It was officially recognised as the Welsh national flag in 1959 .
The Daffodil , Wales's Sunset in Aberystwyth , one of Flora emblem. The cultural capitals of Wales