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Wales is a part of the United Kingdom,
located in the southwestern part of Great Britain.
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Wales is not a very large country. Its
population is about three million people. Wales has two
official languages - Welsh and English.
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3. Cardiff is the capital of Wales. It
is the main seaport and industrial center. Cardiff has
been the capital since 1955.
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The national flag of Wales shows a
red dragon on a green and white background.
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The Prince Charles became The Prince of Wales
in 1969.
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The highest mountain of Wales is Snowdon.
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St. David is the patron of Wales. March,
1st - St. David's Day. This is a national
holiday in Wales, celebrated since the 12th century.
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Everest was named after the Welsh explorer and
geographer Sir George Everest.
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There is a city which name consists of
58 letters in Wales. It is – "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch". It
is translated as "The Church of St. Mary in the hollow covered with white hazel next to the swirling swirl of St. Tesillo near the red cave."
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The number of sheep in Wales exceed the
number of people 4 times!
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Tennis was invented in 1873 by the Welshman
Walter Clopton Wingfield.
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A mathematician from Wales, Robert Record, invented the
familiar equal sign (=) to all of us and
introduced the plus (+) and minus signs (-) to the British algebra.
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Leek became a symbol of Wales in the
7th century. According to legend, before the battle with
the Saxons, the ruler of the Welsh ordered the soldiers to attach a branch of this plant to their helmets so that they could easily distinguish their own soldiers from the opponents. The battle was won, and the plant subsequently received a national status.
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The legendary leek unwittingly caused the appearance of
a yellow daffodil in the symbolism of Wales. The
fact is that in Welsh, the words for leeks and yellow daffodils are written and sound similarly. Researchers of symbolism and heraldry believe that it was this fact that caused the yellow daffodil to be consolidated as another symbolic designation of Wales.
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Every year in Wales, the world-famous World’s Biggest
Liar contest is held, which attracts people from all
over the world to compete in the art of lying. Everyone has only five minutes to tell the most implausible story. You can’t tell jokes and read from a piece of paper.
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Wales is a place where the number of
castles per square mile is greater than anywhere else
in the world.
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Welsh people are very musical, they love theatre,
they are fond of oratory and good poetry. Wales
is called the “Country of Songs”. The Welsh are known for their voices and it’s difficult enough to find a village without a single choir that would not participate in art festivals.
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Caul - Wales' national dish. The most common
recipe includeы salted bacon or beef, potatoes, carrots and
other seasonal vegetables. But in Wales, Сaul is traditionally cooked with lamb and leek.