Wales
fight between a red dragon(Wales)and a
white dragon (England)and which the former
triumphed.
CITIES
Cardiff
Swansea(1969 to mark the investiture of the
Prince of Wales.)
Bangor
Newport(the latest,marking the Queen`s
Golden Jubilee in 2002,today a centreof high
technology industry)
NAME
The name Wales comes from the Cymraeg
word Gwalia, meaning in English
"Homeland".
It later became Latinized as Walia, then by
the Normans to something like
Wal~es....then Wales.
Wales has not been politically independent
since 1282,when it was conquered by King
Edward I of England.
Until 1999,Wales was ruled directly from
London;that year saw the first elections to the
National Assembly of Wales,which has
limited domestic powers and cannot make
law.
Wales doesn`t issue its own currency and
isn`t in control of any armed forces.These are
annaabi.ee 
