Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Major Cities of Wales): Districts, Major Cities & Towns

The districts of Wales as well as all cities and towns (as census-defined urban areas) of more than 20,000 inhabitants.

Districts

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Adm.	Capital	A (km²)	C 1991-04-05	C 2001-04-29	C 2011-03-27
i	Blaenau Gwent	BGW	Dist	WAL		109	72,254	70,064	69,814
i	Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr)	BRD	Dist	WAL		251	128,836	128,645	139,178
i	Caerphilly (Caerffili)	CAE	Dist	WAL		277	169,577	169,519	178,806
i	Cardiff (Caerdydd)	CAR	Dist	WAL		139	285,531	305,353	346,090
i	Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin)	CMT	Dist	WAL		2,371	167,652	172,842	183,777
i	Ceredigion	CER	Dist	WAL		1,794	62,698	74,941	75,922
i	Conwy	CON	Dist	WAL		1,126	106,320	109,596	115,228
i	Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych)	DEN	Dist	WAL		837	88,711	93,065	93,734
i	Flintshire (Sir y Fflint)	FLI	Dist	WAL		438	141,344	148,594	152,506
i	Gwynedd	GWY	Dist	WAL		2,535	113,331	116,843	121,874
i	Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn)	AGY	Dist	WAL		711	69,149	66,829	69,751
i	Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)	MTY	Dist	WAL		111	59,317	55,981	58,802
i	Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)	MMS	Dist	WAL		849	79,936	84,885	91,323
i	Neath Port Talbot (Castell-nedd Port Talbot)	NPT	Dist	WAL		441	138,223	134,468	139,812
i	Newport (Casnewydd)	NEW	Dist	WAL		190	133,318	137,011	145,736
i	Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)	PEM	Dist	WAL		1,610	113,193	114,131	122,439
i	Powys	POW	Dist	WAL		5,181	119,018	126,354	132,976
i	Rhondda Cynon Taf	RHO	Dist	WAL		424	232,593	231,946	234,410
i	Swansea (Abertawe)	SWA	Dist	WAL		378	223,205	223,301	239,023
i	The Vale of Glamorgan (Bro Morgannwg)	VOG	Dist	WAL		331	117,204	119,292	126,336
i	Torfaen (Tor-faen)	TOR	Dist	WAL		126	90,527	90,949	91,075
i	Wrexham (Wrecsam)	WRX	Dist	WAL		504	123,136	128,476	134,844
i	Wales (Cymru)	WAL			Cardiff	20,732	2,835,073	2,903,085	3,063,456
	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	GBR			London	242,910	56,466,680	58,789,194	61,371,000

	Name	Adm.	CU C 1981-04-05	CU C 1991-04-05	CU C 2001-04-29
i	Aberdare	RHO	31,617	29,040	31,705
i	Barry	VOG	44,443	49,887	50,661
i	Bridgend	BRD	31,008	35,841	39,429
i	Caerphilly	CAE	28,681	28,481	31,060
i	Cardiff	CAR	262,313	272,129	292,150
i	Colwyn Bay	CON	27,002	29,883	30,269
i	Cwmbran	TOR	44,592	46,021	47,254
i	Ebbw Vale	BGW	21,048	19,484	18,558
i	Llanelli	CMT	45,336	44,953	46,357
i	Maesteg	BRD	21,821	20,576	18,395
i	Merthyr Tydfil	MTY	...	...	30,483
i	Mountain Ash / Abercynon	RHO	23,520	21,301	20,053
i	Neath	NPT	48,687	45,965	45,898
i	Newport	NEW	115,896	115,522	116,143
i	Penarth	VOG	22,467	23,434	23,245
i	Pontypool	TOR	36,064	35,564	35,447
i	Pontypridd	RHO	29,465	28,487	29,781
i	Port Talbot	NPT	40,078	37,647	35,633
i	Rhondda	RHO	70,980	59,947	59,602
i	Rhyl	DEN	23,130	24,909	25,390
i	Risca	CAE	...	...	20,219
i	Shotton / Hawarden	FLI	22,361	23,319	24,751
i	Swansea	SWA	172,433	171,038	169,880
i	Wrexham	WRX	39,929	40,614	42,576