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Carmarthenshire

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{| class="toccolours" style="border-collapse: collapse; float: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="260" |+ '''Carmarthenshire principal area''' |- | colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background: white;"|Image:WalesCarmarthenshire.png |- | colspan="2" style="background: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bolder;"|Geography |- ! style="font-weight: normal;" | '''Surface area Area'''
- Total
- % Water | List of Welsh principal areas by area Ranked 3rd
1 E9 m² 2,395 square kilometre km²
? % |- ! Admin HQ | Carmarthen |- ! ISO 3166-2:GB ISO 3166-2 | GB-CMN |- ! ONS coding system ONS code | 00NU |- | colspan=2 style="background: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bolder;"|Demographics |- ! style="font-weight: normal;" | '''Population''':
- Total (2004 est.)
- Density |List of Welsh principal areas by population Ranked 4th
177,600
List of Welsh principal areas by population density Ranked 18th
74 / km² |- ! Ethnicity | 99.4% White |- ! style="font-weight: normal;" | '''Welsh language'''
- Any skills | List of Welsh principal areas by percentage Welsh language Ranked 3rd
63.6% |- | colspan="2" style="background: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bolder;"|Politics |- |colspan="2" align=center|Image:Carmarthenshire-arms.png 150px|Arma of carmarthenshire County Council
Carmarthenshire County Council
http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/ |- ! Control | Labour Party (UK)
+ Independents |- ! MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 MPs | *Nick Ainger *Nia Griffith *Adam Price |- !Members of the National Assembly for Wales AMs | *Christine Gwyther *Catherine Thomas *Rhodri Glyn Thomas
(Constituency) *Mid and West Wales National Assembly for Wales Electoral Region Mid and West Wales
(Regional) |- ! Member of the European Parliament MEPs | European Parliament Election, 2004 (UK)#Wales Wales |} {{infobox Wales traditional county| |County= Carmarthenshire |Image= Image:WalesCarmarthenshireTrad.png |SizeRank= 1st |Size= 587,816 acres (2379 km²) |Water= ? |CountyTown= Carmarthen |ChapmanCode=CMN |CountyFlower=Whorled Caraway }} '''Carmarthenshire''' (Welsh language Welsh: ''Sir Gaerfyrddin'') is a county in Wales. Its main towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford.

Traditional Carmarthenshire
The county is bounded to the north by Cardiganshire, to the east by Brecknockshire and Glamorganshire, to the south by the Bristol Channel and to the west by Pembrokeshire. Carmarthenshire is the largest county in Wales, with a population of approximately 170,000, 55% of whom are Welsh speakers. The surface generally is upland and mountainous. Fforest Fawr and Black Mountain (range), Wales Black Mountain extend into the east of the county and the Cambrian Mountains into the north. The south coast contains many fishing villages and sandy beaches. The highest point is Carmarthen Fan, 2,525 feet (770 m). Principal towns are Ammanford, Burry Port, Carmarthen, Kidwelly, Llanelli, Llandeilo, Newcastle Emlyn and Llandovery, Sandy, Carmarthenshire Sandy, St. Clears, Whitland, Pendine. The main rivers are the River Tywi Tywi, the River Loughor Loughor (which forms the eastern boundary with Glamorgan), and the Gwendraeth Fawr. The principal industries are agriculture, forestry, fishing and tourism.

Places of interest
*Aberglasney Garden *Afon Cywyn *Afon Taf *Afon Teifi *Brechfa Forest *Carreg Cennen *Dolaucothi Gold Mines *Dylan Thomas Boathouse *Gwili Railway *Kidwelly Castle *Kidwelly Industrial Museum *Laugharne Castle *Llansteffan Castle *Museum of Speed (Pendine) *National Botanic Garden of Wales *Pembrey Country Park *Pendine Sands *Talley Abbey *Teifi Valley Railway *Usk Reservoir *WWT National Wetlands Centre - a wildfowl nature reserve of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust

See also
*List of places in Carmarthenshire for an alpahbetical list of towns and villages.

External links

- Carmarthenshire Official site from South West Wales Tourist Board
- www.carmarthencounty.co.uk General informaion about Carmarthenshire
- www.carmarthen.biz Information & News about the County Town Carmarthen {{Wales subdivisions}} {{Wales traditional counties}} Category:Traditional counties of Wales Category:Principal areas of Wales Category:Carmarthenshire cy:Sir Gaerfyrddin de:Carmarthenshire no:Carmarthenshire pl:Carmarthenshire '''Carmarthenshire''' is one of the principal areas of Wales as well as one of the traditional counties of Wales. {{Wales subdivisions categories}} {{Wales traditional counties categories}} Category:Principal areas of Wales Category:Traditional counties of Wales

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