What is South Wales?
'''South Wales''' ({{lang-cy|De Cymru}}) is the region of [[Wales]] located near [[England]] and the [[Bristol Channel]] to the east and south, and [[Mid Wales]] and [[West Wales]] to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the southwest of the [[United Kingdom]]. It has a population of about 2.2 million people.<ref>{{Citation | publisher = The BBC | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/culture/sites/aboutwales/pages/people.shtml | place = UK | series = Wales | title = Culture | contribution = People}}.</ref> The [[Brecon Beacons]] [[national park]] covers about a third of South Wales. The park also contains [[Pen y Fan]], the highest mountain south of [[Snowdonia]]. The region's boundary is not specifically known. It is considered that [[Glamorgan]], [[Monmouthshire (historic)|Monmouthshire]], [[Carmarthenshire]] and [[Pembrokeshire]] are a part of it. By the west, from [[Swansea]] westwards, local people would probably say that they lived in both South Wales and [[West Wales]] because of the overlap in the artificial boundaries. [[File:View down from Corn Du - Brecon Beacons National Park - Wales UK.jpg|thumb|640px|center|View north into Llyn Cwm Llwch from Corn Du, in the [[Brecon Beacons]]]] == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Regions of Wales]] {{UK-stub}}