Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dwyfor Meirionnydd is a UK parliamentary constituency in north-west Wales, covering a largely rural, Welsh-speaking area that includes parts of the historic counties of Meirionnydd and Caernarfonshire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency
administrativeArea Gwynedd Council
surface form: Gwynedd Council area
borderingConstituency UK Parliament constituency of Arfon
surface form: Arfon (UK Parliament constituency)

Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency)
Clwyd South
surface form: Clwyd South (UK Parliament constituency)

Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Ynys Môn constituency (across water / regionally adjacent)
surface form: Ynys Môn (UK Parliament constituency)
characteristic largely rural area
predominantly Welsh-speaking area
containsArea Llyn Peninsula
surface form: Llŷn Peninsula

southern part of Snowdonia National Park
containsSettlementType hamlets
small towns
villages
containsTown Bala
Dolgellau
Porthmadog
Pwllheli
country United Kingdom
countyArea Gwynedd
createdFrom Caernarfon (UK Parliament constituency)
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (UK Parliament constituency)
creationYear 2010
economicCharacteristic agriculture
forestry
tourism
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting system
electorateType county constituency
elects one Member of Parliament
governingBody Boundary Commission for Wales
hasCoastline Cardigan Bay
hasOfficialNameLanguage English
Welsh
hasRepresentationLevel national
historicCountyPart Caernarfonshire
Meirionnydd
languageCharacteristic high proportion of Welsh speakers
locatedIn Wales
north-west Wales
mapsTo Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Senedd)
surface form: Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Senedd constituency)
parliament British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
partOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
previousRepresentation areas formerly represented by Caernarfon
areas formerly represented by Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time
timeZoneDST British Summer Time

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

Meirionnydd historicParliamentaryConstituency Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)
Llanystumdwy representedInParliament Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)
Llanystumdwy representedInWelshParliament Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)
this entity surface form: Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Senedd constituency)
PORTHMADOG partOfConstituency Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)
subject surface form: Porthmadog
this entity surface form: Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament)
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (UK Parliament constituency) wasReplacedBy Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)
Maentwrog locatedIn Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)
this entity surface form: Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency
Abergynolwyn electoralConstituency Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)
this entity surface form: Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament)