West_Wales
West Wales
Geographical region of Wales
West Wales (Welsh: Gorllewin Cymru) is not clearly defined as a particular region of Wales. Some definitions of West Wales include only Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, which historically comprised the Welsh principality of Deheubarth[1]: 87, 95 and was called "South West Wales" in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS).[2] Other definitions may include Swansea and Neath Port Talbot but exclude Ceredigion, although this definition may also be described as South West Wales.[3][4] The "West Wales and the Valleys" NUTS area includes more westerly parts of North Wales.[2]
The preserved county of Dyfed covers what is generally considered to be West Wales; between 1974 and 1996, Dyfed was a county, with a county council and six district councils.