South Wales (region of Wales)

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historic region region of Wales

South Wales is a historic and heavily industrialized region of southern Wales, known for its coal-mining heritage, major cities like Cardiff and Swansea, and significant cultural and economic influence within the country.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
South Wales 4
southern Wales 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic region ⓘ
region of Wales ⓘ
borders Bristol Channel ⓘ
England ⓘ
Montgomeryshire ⓘ
surface form: Mid Wales

West Wales ⓘ
containsAdministrativeArea Blaenau Gwent ⓘ
Bridgend ⓘ
surface form: Bridgend County Borough

Caerphilly County Borough ⓘ
Cardiff ⓘ
Carmarthenshire ⓘ
Merthyr Tydfil ⓘ
surface form: Merthyr Tydfil County Borough

Blaenau Gwent ⓘ
surface form: Monmouthshire

Neath Port Talbot ⓘ
Newport ⓘ
Pembrokeshire ⓘ
Rhondda Cynon Taf ⓘ
Swansea ⓘ
Swansea ⓘ
surface form: Swansea Bay area

Torfaen ⓘ
Vale of Glamorgan ⓘ
containsGeographicFeature Brecon Beacons foothills ⓘ
Bristol Channel ⓘ
surface form: Bristol Channel coast

Gower Peninsula ⓘ
Rhondda Cynon Taf ⓘ
surface form: South Wales Valleys
country Wales ⓘ
hasCapitalLikeCity Cardiff ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution National Museum Cardiff ⓘ
Principality Stadium ⓘ
Wales Millennium Centre ⓘ
hasEconomicRole major economic centre of Wales ⓘ
hasMajorCity Barry ⓘ
Bridgend ⓘ
Cardiff ⓘ
Cwmbran ⓘ
Llanelli ⓘ
Merthyr Tydfil ⓘ
Neath ⓘ
Newport ⓘ
Pontypridd ⓘ
Port Talbot ⓘ
Swansea ⓘ
hasSubregion Cardiff ⓘ
surface form: Cardiff metropolitan area

South Wales Valleys ⓘ
Swansea ⓘ
surface form: Swansea Bay region
hasTransportInfrastructure M4 motorway corridor ⓘ
South Wales Main Line ⓘ
hasUniversity Cardiff University ⓘ
Swansea University ⓘ
University of South Wales ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfIndustrialGrowth 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
knownFor Welsh-language and English-language cultural life ⓘ
coal-mining heritage ⓘ
heavy industry ⓘ
iron and steel production ⓘ
port and dock facilities ⓘ
post-industrial regeneration ⓘ
rugby union culture ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
locatedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
South Wales (region of Wales) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: southern Wales
partOf Wales ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wales → hasRegion → South Wales (region of Wales) ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Wales
Cardiff → locatedIn → South Wales (region of Wales) ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Wales
South Wales (region of Wales) → locatedIn → South Wales (region of Wales) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: South Wales
this entity surface form: southern Wales
National Museum Cardiff → locatedInRegion → South Wales (region of Wales) ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Wales
New South Wales → namedAfter → South Wales (region of Wales) ⓘ
Cardiff Central → serves → South Wales (region of Wales) ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Wales