Pembrokeshire

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Pembrokeshire ( PEM-bruuk-sheer, -⁠shər; Welsh: Sir Benfro [siːr ˈbɛnvrɔ]) is a county in the south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Ceredigion to the north-east, Carmarthenshire to the east, and otherwise by the sea. Haverfordwest is the largest town and the administrative headquarters of Pembrokeshire County Council. The county is generally sparsely populated and rural, with an area of 610 square miles (1,600 km2) and an estimated population of 125,849 in 2025. Haverfordwest is near the centre of the county, the port of Fishguard in the north, the seaside resort of Tenby in the south-east. The city of St Davids, on a peninsula in the north-west, is the smallest city by population in the United Kingdom. Milford Haven, the large ria in the south of the county, gives its name to the town of Milford Haven on its north shore; Pembroke Dock is on the south shore, and Pembroke a short distance further inland. Welsh is spoken by 17.2 percent of the population; for historic reasons the language...

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