Swansea (authority)

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Unitary authority in south Wales, created in 1996 from part of the former county of West Glamorgan.

Area
377 sq km/146 sq mi

Towns
Swansea (administrative headquarters)

Physical
River Tawe; highest point Penlle'r Castle (374 m/1,215 ft)

Features
Gower Peninsula (an area of outstanding natural beauty), with Mumbles village and beach. University of Wales, Swansea, at Singleton Park west of Swansea City; birthplace of Dylan Thomas

Industries
significant service sector, including health, education, and tourism; manufacture of automotive components; metals; electrical and mechanical engineering; food processing and packaging; textiles; chemicals, oil refineries

Agriculture
mixed arable livestock and dairying

Population
(2001) 223,300

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