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Gwynedd

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Gwynedd
Location of Gwynedd
Admin HQCaernarfon
Lairgest ceetyBangor
Govrenment
  Teep
File:Gwynedd arms.png

The Airms o the umwhile Gwynedd County Council
1974–1996
http://www.gwynedd.gov.uk/
  ControlTBA (council NOC)
  MPs
  AMs
  MEPs
Area
  Total2,548 km2 (984 sq mi)
Area rankRanked 2nt
Population
 (2021)
  Total117,400
  RankRanked 14th
  Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
  Density rankRanked 20t
  Ethnicity
99.0% White
Welsh leid
  RankRanked 1st
  Ony skills76.1%
Geocode00NC (ONS)
W06000002 (GSS)
ISO 3166 codeGB-GWN

Gwynedd (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɡwɪnɛð]) is a coonty in north-wast Wales, named efter the auld Kinrick o Gwynedd. Although ane o the biggest in terms o geographical aurie, it is an aa ane o the maist sparsely populatit. A muckle proportion o the population is Welsh-speakin.

Gwynedd is the hame o Bangor University an includes the scenic Llŷn Peninsula, an maist o the Snowdonia National Park.

The name "Gwynedd" is an aa uised for a preserved coonty, coverin the Isle o Anglesey as well as the current coonty. Culturally an historically, the name can an aa be uised for maist o north Wales, correspondin tae the approximate territory o the Kinrick o Gwynedd at its fullest extent: Gwynedd Uwch Conwy an Gwynedd Is Conwy).