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Where is Wales?
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Where is Wales?

Wales is located on a peninsula in central-west Great Britain. Its area, the size of Wales, is about 8,023 square miles. It is about 170 miles north-south and 60 miles east-west. Wales is bordered by England to the east and by sea in the other three directions: the Bristol Channel (Môr Hafren) to the south and the Irish Sea (Môr Iwerddon) to the west and north, and also by the estuary of the River Dee (Afon Dyfrdwy) in the north-east. Altogether, Wales has over 750 miles of coastline. There are several islands off the Welsh mainland, the largest being Ynys Môn (Anglesey) in the northwest.

The modern border between Wales and England was largely defined in the 16th century, based on medieval feudal boundaries. The boundary line (which very roughly follows Offa's Dyke up to 40 miles (64 km) of the northern coast) separates Knighton from its railway station, virtually cuts off Church Stoke from the rest of Wales, and slices straight through the village of Llanymynech (where a pub actually straddles the line).

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Where is Wales?

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Old map of Wales

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