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Cambrian Mountains

The Cambrian Mountains are a series of mountain ranges in . The term Cambrian Mountains used to apply to most of the upland of Wales, and comes from the country's Latin name Cambria.
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  • Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 1,033 feet
  • Description: cluster of mountains and a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales
  • Also known as: “Elenydd”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llanidloes and Llangurig.

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is a town and community on the A470 and B4518 roads in , within the historic county boundaries of , . The population in 2011 was 2,929, of whom 15% could speak Welsh.

Village
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is a village and community in , , Wales. The population was 723 in the 2011 UK Census. The community includes the hamlet of Cwmbelan.

Village
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is a hamlet in , , located to the north west of . Its name, an anglicisation of the local Welsh placename "Fan" or in full "Y Fan", is believed to originate from the names of two ancient farms in the area; Manledd Uchaf and Manledd Isaf.

Cambrian Mountains

Latitude
52.41487° or 52° 24′ 54″ north
Longitude
-3.50465° or 3° 30′ 17″ west
Elevation
1,033 feet (315 metres)
Open location code
9C4RCF7W+W4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9855635020
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
2653943
Wiki­data ID
Q1028218
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Cambrian Mountains” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Montes Cambrianos”
  • Asturian: “Montes Cámbricos”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kembri dağları”
  • Basque: “Kanbriar mendiak”
  • Basque: “Mendi Kanbrikoak”
  • Belarusian: “Кембрыйскія горы”
  • Bulgarian: “Камбрийски планини”
  • Catalan: “Muntanyes Cambrianes”
  • Cebuano: “Cambrian Mountains”
  • Chinese: “坎布里亚山脉”
  • Chinese: “坎布里安山脈”
  • Czech: “Kambrické pohoří”
  • Czech: “Kambrijské hory”
  • Dutch: “Cambrian Mountains”
  • Dutch: “Cambrische Bergen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبال الكمبرى”
  • Esperanto: “Kambria Montaro”
  • Estonian: “Cambria mäed”
  • French: “Cambrian Mountains”
  • French: “monts Cambriens”
  • French: “Monts Cambriens”
  • Galician: “Montes Cámbricos”
  • Georgian: “კემბრიის მთები”
  • German: “Cambrian Mountains”
  • Hebrew: “הרי קמבריאן”
  • Indonesian: “Pegunungan Cambrian”
  • Irish: “na Sléibhte Caimbriacha”
  • Italian: “Monti Cambrici”
  • Japanese: “カンブリア山地”
  • Kazakh: “Камберленд таулары”
  • Kazakh: “Кембрий таулары”
  • Ladin: “Cambrian Mountains”
  • Latvian: “Kembrianu kalni”
  • Lithuanian: “Kambrijos kalnai”
  • Lithuanian: “Kambro kalnai”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cambrian Mountains”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cambrian Mountains”
  • Norwegian: “Cambrian Mountains”
  • Polish: “Góry Kambryjskie”
  • Russian: “Кембрийские горы”
  • Serbian: “Камбријске планине”
  • Slovak: “Kambrické vrchy”
  • Slovenian: “Cambrijsko hribovje”
  • Spanish: “Montes Cambricos”
  • Spanish: “Montes Cámbricos”
  • Swedish: “Cambrian Mountains”
  • Swedish: “Kambriska bergen”
  • Turkish: “Kambriyen Dağları”
  • Ukrainian: “Кембрійські гори”
  • Uzbek: “Kembriy tog‘lari”
  • Uzbek: “Kembriy Tog‘lari”
  • Uzbek: “Kembriy tog’lari”
  • Uzbek: “Kembriy Tog’lari”
  • Uzbek: “Kembriy tog`lari”
  • Uzbek: “Kembriy Tog`lari”
  • Uzbek: “Kembriy togʻlari”
  • Uzbek: “Kembriy Togʻlari”
  • Uzbek: “Uels tog‘l a ri”
  • Uzbek: “Uels Tog‘l A Ri”
  • Uzbek: “Uels tog’l a ri”
  • Uzbek: “Uels Tog’l A Ri”
  • Uzbek: “Uels tog`l a ri”
  • Uzbek: “Uels Tog`l A Ri”
  • Uzbek: “Uels togʻl a ri”
  • Uzbek: “Uels Togʻl A Ri”
  • Venetian: “Monti Cambrici”
  • Welsh: “Elerydd”
  • Welsh: “Mynyddoedd Cambria”

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