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See: List Of Welsh Principal Areas By Population , List Of Welsh Principal Areas By Area , List Of Welsh Principal Areas By Percentage Welsh Language 1: There are five cities in total in Wales — in addition to the three unitary authorities with city status, the Communities of Bangor and St David's also have the status of a City . PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WALES
NAME CHANGES The current names of certain principal areas are different from those specified in the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 . The following changes took place, all with effect from April 2 , 1996 .
HISTORY Administrative counties From 1889 to 1974, administrative counties of Wales were used for local government for the first time. These were created by the Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict, c. 41) based on the Traditional Counties Of Wales , but they were not entirely identical.
Local Government Act 1972 In 1974, the existing administrative counties were abolished and replaced by eight new two-tier authorities, instead called 'counties' by the Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. 70). These were all given names in Welsh only, apart from the three in Glamorgan, which had English names as well as Welsh. The creation of these new administrative areas effectively separated the administrative function from the traditional counties, although in reality this had occurred in 1889.
The division into districts of these was as follows:
When these two-tier counties were abolished in 1996 , their names and areas were retained with slight modifications for some purposes such as Lieutenancy , and became known as the Preserved Counties Of Wales . These were further amended in 2003 by S.I. 2003/974 to ensure that each unitary area is wholly within one preserved county. 1996 The redistribution of these districts into the current unitary authorities is as follows: SEE ALSO
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