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

Districts

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Adm.	Capital	A (km²)	C 1991-04-05	C 2001-04-29	E 2008-06-30
<	Blaenau Gwent	BGW	Dist	WAL		109	72,254	70,064	69,100
<	Bridgend	BRD	Dist	WAL		251	128,836	128,645	134,800
<	Caerphilly	CAE	Dist	WAL		277	169,577	169,519	172,400
<	Cardiff	CAR	Dist	WAL		139	285,531	305,353	324,800
<	Carmarthenshire	CMT	Dist	WAL		2,371	167,652	172,842	180,500
<	Ceredigion	CER	Dist	WAL		1,794	62,698	74,941	78,000
<	Conwy	CON	Dist	WAL		1,126	106,320	109,596	112,000
<	Denbighshire	DEN	Dist	WAL		837	88,711	93,065	97,600
<	Flintshire	FLI	Dist	WAL		438	141,344	148,594	151,000
<	Gwynedd	GWY	Dist	WAL		2,535	113,331	116,843	118,200
<	Isle of Anglesey	ANG	Dist	WAL		711	69,149	66,829	69,000
<	Merthyr Tydfil	MTY	Dist	WAL		111	59,317	55,981	55,700
<	Monmouthshire	MMS	Dist	WAL		849	79,936	84,885	88,400
<	Neath Port Talbot	NPT	Dist	WAL		441	138,223	134,468	137,600
<	Newport	NEW	Dist	WAL		190	133,318	137,011	140,700
<	Pembrokeshire	PEM	Dist	WAL		1,610	113,193	114,131	118,800
<	Powys	POW	Dist	WAL		5,181	119,018	126,354	132,600
<	Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	RHO	Dist	WAL		424	232,593	231,946	234,100
<	Swansea	SWA	Dist	WAL		378	223,205	223,301	229,100
<	The Vale of Glamorgan	VOG	Dist	WAL		331	117,204	119,292	124,900
<	Torfaen	TOR	Dist	WAL		126	90,527	90,949	91,100
<	Wrexham	WRX	Dist	WAL		504	123,136	128,476	132,900
<	Wales	WAL			Cardiff	20,732	2,835,073	2,903,085	2,993,400
	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	GBR			London	242,910	56,466,680	58,789,194	61,383,200

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