Dyfed

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former administrative county historic county preserved county

Dyfed is a historic county and former administrative region in southwest Wales, encompassing the areas of Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, and Ceredigion.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former administrative county → historic county → preserved county →
abolishedBy	Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 →
abolishedOn	1996-04-01 →
administrativeCentre	Carmarthen →
borders	Atlantic Ocean → Gwynedd NERFINISHED → Irish Sea → Mid Glamorgan → Powys NERFINISHED → West Glamorgan →
capital	Carmarthen →
ceremonialLordLieutenantArea	Dyfed →
contains	Carmarthenshire NERFINISHED → Ceredigion NERFINISHED → Pembrokeshire NERFINISHED →
containsPart	Brecon Beacons National Park (western area) → Cambrian Mountains (southern part) → Pembrokeshire Coast National Park →
country	Wales →
createdBy	Local Government Act 1972 →
createdOn	1974-04-01 →
currentStatus	preserved county for ceremonial purposes →
hasCity	Carmarthen → St Davids →
hasCoastlineOn	Bristol Channel → Irish Sea →
hasHistoricKingdomPredecessor	Kingdom of Dyfed →
hasHistoricLanguage	English → Welsh →
hasLargestTown	Llanelli →
hasNotableRiver	River Cleddau → River Teifi → River Towy →
hasNotableTown	Aberystwyth → Cardigan → Fishguard → Haverfordwest → Tenby →
historicRegionOf	southwest Wales →
ISO3166-2	GB-DFD →
locatedIn	southwest Wales →
namedAfter	Kingdom of Dyfed →
partOf	Wales →
replacedBy	Carmarthenshire NERFINISHED → Ceredigion NERFINISHED → Pembrokeshire NERFINISHED →
timePeriod	1974–1996 (administrative county) →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fishguard → Pembroke →	hasLieutenancyArea
Dyfed →	ceremonialLordLieutenantArea
Wales →	hasHistoricRegion
Carmarthenshire →	lieutenancyArea
Llanelli →	region