Wales Cymru (Welsh)
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Location of  Wales  (dark green) – on the European continent  (green & dark grey) – in the United Kingdom  (green)
Status	Country
Capital and largest city	Cardiff 51°29′N 3°11′W / 51.483°N 3.183°W / 51.483; -3.183 Coordinates: 52°18′N 3°36′W / 52.3°N 3.6°W / 52.3; -3.6
Welsh English
Demonym(s)	Welsh
United Kingdom England and Wales
Government	Devolved parliamentary legislature within parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Charles III
• First Minister	Mark Drakeford
Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Secretary of State	David Davies
• House of Commons	40 MPs (of 650)
Legislature	Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Formation
• Unification by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn	1057
• Statute of Rhuddlan	3 March 1284
• Laws in Wales Act	1543
• Devolution	31 July 1998
Area
• Total	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).
Population
• 2019 estimate	3,153,000
• 2011 census	3,063,456
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).
GVA	2018 estimate
• Total	£75 billion ($96B)
• Per capita	£23,900 ($31884)
HDI (2018)	0.883 very high
Currency	Pound sterling (GBP; £)
Time zone	UTC (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy (AD)
Driving side	left
Calling code	+44
ISO 3166 code	GB-WLS
Internet TLD	.wales .cymru
Website wales.com

Wales (/ˈweɪlz/ ( listen); Welsh: Cymru [ˈkəm.rɨ] (COME-ree)) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is west of England, and east of the Irish Sea and Ireland.

Wales is one of the Celtic areas of Britain. The native people of Wales, the Welsh, have their own culture and traditions. They have their own Celtic language, the Welsh. Not all Welsh people can speak Welsh, but it is a real living language for about 20% of Welsh people. Virtually all Welsh people can speak English. Most speak only English. The Welsh language is an official language alongside English, and has equal official status.