Swansea

Swansea is a city on the beautiful — the first designated "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty". It is home to about 247,000 people.
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  • Type: City with 239,000 residents
  • Description: city in Wales
  • Also known as: “Swansea, Wales”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swansea.com Stadium and Swansea Railway Station.

Stadium
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The is an all-seated multi-use sports stadium and conferencing venue located in the area of Swansea, Wales, hosting both rugby union and football.

Railway station
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serves the city of Swansea, Wales. It is sited 216 miles 7 chains from London Paddington, via , on the National Rail network, although most services use a shorter route via .

Castle
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is located in the city centre of Swansea, , UK. It was founded by Henry de Beaumont in 1107 as the caput of the lordship of Gower. The castle is now ruined and only two blocks remain, though the site has been improved in the 2010s for use as a public space.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sketty and Uplands.

Suburb
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is a suburban district and community in Swansea, Wales, about 2 miles west of the Swansea city centre on Gower Road. It falls within the council ward of Swansea.

Suburb
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is a suburb and community of Swansea, . It lies about a mile to the west of Swansea city centre, and falls within the electoral ward.

Suburb
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is a district and community in Swansea, falling within ward. It is located about 1.5 miles north-west of Swansea city centre. It includes the eastern half of .

Swansea

Latitude
51.6196° or 51° 37′ 11″ north
Longitude
-3.9459° or 3° 56′ 45″ west
Population
239,000
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
IATA airport code
SWS
United Nations Location Code
GB SWA
Open location code
9C3RJ393+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21063632
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2636432
Wiki­data ID
Q23051
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Swansea” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Swansea”
  • Arabic: “أبرتوة”
  • Arabic: “أَبَرْتَوَة”
  • Arabic: “سوانزي”
  • Arabic: “سونزي”
  • Arabic: “سَوَنْزِي”
  • Aragonese: “Abertawe”
  • Armenian: “Սուոնսի”
  • Asturian: “Abertawe”
  • Azerbaijani: “Suonsi”
  • Balinese: “Swansea”
  • Bashkir: “Суонси”
  • Basque: “Swansea”
  • Belarusian: “Суонсі”
  • Belarusian: “Сўонсі”
  • Bengali: “সোয়ানসি”
  • Bengali: “সোয়ানসী”
  • Bosnian: “Swansea”
  • Breton: “Abertawe”
  • Bulgarian: “Суонзи”
  • Catalan: “Swansea”
  • Cebuano: “Swansea (kapital sa munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Swansea”
  • Central Kurdish: “سووانسی”
  • Chinese: “Swansea”
  • Chinese: “史雲斯”
  • Chinese: “斯旺西”
  • Chinese: “斯萬西”
  • Cornish: “Abertawe”
  • Croatian: “Swansea”
  • Czech: “Swansea”
  • Danish: “Swansea”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Swansea”
  • Dutch: “Swansea”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سوانزى”
  • Esperanto: “Svonsio”
  • Esperanto: “Swansea”
  • Estonian: “Swansea”
  • Finnish: “Swansea”
  • French: “Swansea”
  • Galician: “Swansea”
  • German: “Swansea”
  • Greek: “Σουάνση”
  • Greek: “Σουόνσι”
  • Gujarati: “સ્વાનસી”
  • Hebrew: “סוונזי”
  • Hebrew: “סוונסי”
  • Hindi: “स्वान्ज़ी”
  • Hungarian: “Swansea”
  • Icelandic: “Swansea”
  • Indonesian: “Swansea”
  • Interlingue: “Swansea”
  • Irish: “Abertawe”
  • Italian: “Swansea”
  • Japanese: “スウæォンジ”
  • Japanese: “スウォンジ”
  • Japanese: “スウォンジー”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ವಾನ್ಸೀ”
  • Korean: “스완지”
  • Kurdish: “Swansea”
  • Latin: “Abretaum”
  • Latvian: “Ābertau”
  • Latvian: “Svansija”
  • Latvian: “Svonsi”
  • Latvian: “Svonzi”
  • Lithuanian: “Svonsis”
  • Livvi: “Abertawe”
  • Lombard: “Swansea”
  • Macedonian: “Свонзи”
  • Malay: “Swansea”
  • Malayalam: “സ്വാൻ‌സീ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯁ꯭ꯋꯥꯟꯁꯤ”
  • Manx: “Abertawe”
  • Marathi: “स्वॉन्झी”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Swansea”
  • Moksha: “Свонси”
  • Northern Sami: “Abertawe”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Swansea”
  • Norwegian: “Swansea”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Abertawe”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Swegnseg”
  • Ossetian: “Суонси”
  • Persian: “سوانزی”
  • Polish: “Swansea”
  • Portuguese: “Swansea”
  • Quechua: “Swansea”
  • Romanian: “Swansea”
  • Russian: “Суонси”
  • Scots: “Swansea”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Abertawe”
  • Serbian: “Свонзи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Swansea”
  • Silesian: “Swansea”
  • Sinhala: “ස්වැන්සෝ”
  • Slovak: “Swansea”
  • Spanish: “Swansea”
  • Swahili: “Swansea”
  • Swedish: “Swansea”
  • Tagalog: “Swansea”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்வான்சயே”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்வான்ஸீ”
  • Tatar: “Свонси”
  • Telugu: “స్వాన్జీ”
  • Telugu: “స్వాన్సీ”
  • Thai: “สวอนซี”
  • Turkish: “Swansea”
  • Ukrainian: “Свонсі”
  • Ukrainian: “Суонсі”
  • Urdu: “ابرتوہ”
  • Urdu: “سوانزی”
  • Venetian: “Swansea”
  • Vietnamese: “Swansea”
  • Võro: “Abertawe”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Swansea”
  • Welsh: “Abertawe”
  • Western Frisian: “Swansea”
  • Western Panjabi: “سوانسی”
  • Wu Chinese: “天鹅海城”
  • Yiddish: “סוואנזי”
  • Yiddish: “סוואנסי”
  • Yue Chinese: “史雲斯”
  • “Abertawe”
  • “Swansea”

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