Subdivisions of Wales
The Unitary Authorities of the Welsh Principal Areas are the subdivisions of Wales, United Kingdom. They succeded what are now known as the preserved counties of Wales as local government boundaries in 1994, which were introduced to replaced the administrative counties of Wales in 1974. The previous divisions were based on the traditional counties of Wales but several areas were independent county boroughs.The areas are administratively identical, but style themselves variously.
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In 1974 new administrative regions of Wales called counties were created to replace the previous system of 13 counties and 4 county boroughs. These were two-tier authorities. These and there districts were as follows
The makeup of these districts into the current UAs is as follows
| UA | Previous districts |
|---|---|
| Angelsey | Angelsey |
| Bleanau Gwent | most of Bleanau Gwent |
| Bridgend | Most of Ogwy |
| Caerphilly | Islwyn and Rhymney Valley |
| Camarthenshire | Camarthen, Llanelli, Dinefwr |
| Cardiff | Cardiff, part of Taff-Ely |
| Ceredigion | Arfon, Dwyfor, Meirionnydd |
| Conwy | Aberconwy, most of Colwyn |
| Denbighshire | Rhuddlan, bits of Glyndwyr and part of Colwyn |
| Flintshire | Alyn, Deeside, Delyn |
| Monmouthshire | Monmouth, bit of Blaenau Gwent |
| Neath Port Talbot | Neath, Port Talbot, and bits of Lliw Valley |
| Newport | Newport |
| Pembrokeshire | Preseli, South Pembrokeshire |
| Powys | Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire, Brecknock, part of Glyndwyr |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | Rhondda, Cynon Valley, most of Taff-Ely |
| Swansea | Swansea, bits of Lliw Valley |
| Torfaen | Torfaen |
| Vale of Glamorgan | most of Vale of Glamorgan |
| Wrexham | most of Wrexham, bits of Glyndwyr |
See also: Subdivisions of the United Kingdom, Counties of Wales
