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Wales is a kintra in north-wast Europe. It is ane o the sax Celtic kintras (alang wi Cornwall, Breettany, Ireland, Scotland an the Isle o Mann) an ane o the fower muckle pairts o the Unitit Kinrick. The laund is in the sooth-wast o Great Breetain an haes til its aest the laund o Ingland, an is bund bi sea on its ither sides.
The laund o Wales wis taen ower bi Ingland in the 13t century an makkit part o the Kinrick o Ingland bi the Act o Union 1536. In 1997 the Welsh fowk voted tae hae a new pairlament, which wis estaiblisht in 1999 an haes the pouer to govern the laund o Wales on its ain maiters alane.