Powys
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County of Powys Sir Powys |
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| principal area, local-government county and preserved county | |
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| Admin HQ | Llandrindod Wells |
| Government | |
| • Type | Powys County Council Powys.gov.uk |
| • Control | Independent |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 5,179 km2 (2,000 sq mi) |
| Area rank | Ranked 1st |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 133,000 |
| • Rank | Ranked 11th |
| • Density | 25/km2 (60/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | Ranked 22nd |
| • Ethnicity | 99.3% White |
| Welsh language | |
| • Rank | Ranked 7th |
| • Any skills | 30.1% |
| Geocode | 00NN (ONS) W06000023 (GSS) |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-POW |
Powys (/ˈpoʊ.ɪs/ or /ˈpaʊ.ɪs/;Welsh: [ˈpowɪs]) is a principal area, local-government county and preserved county in Mid Wales. It is named after the successor Kingdom of Powys, which formed after the Romans withdrew from Britain.
Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), and a small part of Denbighshire — an area of 5,179 km² (2,000 sq miles), making it the largest unitary authority in Wales by land area and about the same size as the country of Trinidad and Tobago.
It is bounded to the north by Gwynedd, Denbighshire and Wrexham; to the west by Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire; to the east by Shropshire and Herefordshire; and to the south by Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire and Neath Port Talbot.
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