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Wales (Welsh : Cymru [ˈkəmrɨ] ⓘ ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the east , the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic Sea to the south-west. As of 2021[update] , it had a population of 3.2 million. It has a total area of 21,218 square kilometres (8,192 sq mi) and over 2,700 kilometres (1,680 mi) of coastline . It is largely mountainous with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa ), its highest summit. The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable, maritime climate . Its capital and largest city is Cardiff .
A distinct Welsh culture emerged among the Celtic Britons after the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century, and Wales was briefly united under Gruffydd ap Llywelyn in 1055. After over 200 years of war, the conquest of Wales by King Edward I of England was completed by 1283, though Owain Glyndŵr led the Welsh Revolt against English rule in the early 15th century, and briefly re-established an independent Welsh state with its own national parliament (Welsh : senedd ). In the 16th century the whole of Wales was annexed by England and incorporated within the English legal system under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 . Distinctive Welsh politics developed in the 19th century. Welsh Liberalism , exemplified in the early 20th century by David Lloyd George , was displaced by the growth of socialism and the Labour Party . Welsh national feeling grew over the century: a nationalist party, Plaid Cymru , was formed in 1925, and the Welsh Language Society in 1962. A governing system of Welsh devolution is employed in Wales, of which the most major step was the formation of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament, formerly the National Assembly for Wales) in 1998, responsible for a range of devolved policy matters . (Full article... )
The
Wales national rugby union team represent
Wales in international
rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the
Six Nations Championship with
England ,
France ,
Ireland ,
Italy and
Scotland . The
International Rugby Board (IRB) regards Wales as a
Tier One rugby nation, and
ranks them seventh in the world as of 28 February 2011. Wales play in red jerseys embroidered with the
Prince of Wales's feathers . Their current home ground is the
Millennium Stadium , completed in 1999 to replace the National Stadium at
Cardiff Arms Park . Ten former Welsh players have been inducted into the
International Rugby Hall of Fame , and two of the ten have been inducted into the
IRB Hall of Fame .
The governing body, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), was established in 1881, the same year that Wales played their first international against England. Welsh rugby struggled between the first and second World Wars, but experienced a second 'golden age' between 1969 and 1980 when they won eight Five Nations Championships (including 3 shared wins). They played in the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987 where they achieved their best ever result of third. Wales hosted the 1999 World Cup and, won their first Six Nations Grand Slam in 2005, which was followed by a second in 2008. Their 2005 Grand Slam is notable for being the first ever team to gain the accolade playing most matches away from home.
I used to say that I spent half my life breaking bones on the rugby field, then the other half putting them back together in the operating theatre.
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins ,
CBE (born 31 December 1937), best known as
Anthony Hopkins , is a Welsh-born, naturalized American actor of film, stage and television. Considered to be one of the greatest living actors, Hopkins is perhaps best known for his portrayal of
cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in
The Silence of the Lambs (for which he received the
Academy Award for Best Actor ), its sequel
Hannibal , and its prequel
Red Dragon . Other prominent film credits include
The Lion in Winter ,
Magic ,
The Elephant Man ,
84 Charing Cross Road ,
Dracula ,
Legends of the Fall ,
The Remains of the Day ,
Amistad ,
Nixon , and
Fracture .
Hopkins was born and brought up in Margam , Port Talbot . He became a U.S. citizen on 12 April 2000, retaining his British citizenship . Hopkins' films have spanned a wide variety of genres, from family films to horror. As well as his Academy Award, Hopkins has also won three BAFTA Awards , two Emmys , a Golden Globe and a Cecil B. DeMille Award . Hopkins was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1993 for services to the arts. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003, and was made a Fellow of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2008.
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