located_in_the_administrative_territorial_entity craig cerrig-gleisiad and fan frynych national nature reserve
The ___MASK24___ Beacons is a mountain range in South Wales . In a narrow sense , the name refers to the range of Old Red Sandstone peaks which lie to the south of ___MASK24___ . Sometimes referred to as " the central Beacons " they include South Wales ' highest mountain , Pen y Fan . The range forms the central section of the ___MASK24___ Beacons National Park (" Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog "), a designation which also encompasses ranges both to the east and the west of " the central Beacons ". This much wider area is also commonly referred to as " the ___MASK24___ Beacons ", and it includes the Black Mountains to the east as well as the similarly named but quite distinct Black Mountain to the west . The highest peaks include Fan Brycheiniog to the west and Pen y Fan in the central part . They share the same basic geology as the central range , and so exhibit many similar features , such the north - facing escarpment and glacial features such as ___MASK61___ and cwms below the escarpment . They all fall within the border of the national park . Craig Cerrig - gleisiad and Fan Frynych National Nature Reserve is a 156 ___MASK49___ ( 631 , 000 m² ) area of the ___MASK24___ Beacons National Park in South Wales . It includes the peaks of Craig Cerrig - gleisiad ( 629 m : SN960217 ) and Fan Frynych ( 629 m : SN958227 ) . Craig Cerrig - gleisiad means ' cliff of the salmon ( - coloured ) rocks ' and is a cirque formed by a glacier which deposited moraine and created a sheltered environment where the steep crags prevent sheep from accessing the rare Arctic -- alpine plants such as purple saxifrage and roseroot and mixed woodland where orchids and anemones flourish . There is scattered scrub woodland and scattered hawthorn on the lower slopes . The national nature reserve , which is administered by Natural Resources Wales , the successor body to the Countryside Council for Wales , lies within the Fforest Fawr uplands , an area set aside in Norman times for hunting and which remained Crown property until the early nineteenth century . In addition to the flora , there are relatively rare birds such as peregrine falcons , ring ouzels and ravens . Sixteen species of butterfly have been recorded in the area . ___MASK57___ is the capital and largest city in ___MASK5___ and the eleventh - largest city in the United Kingdom . The city is the country ' s chief commercial centre , the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions , the Welsh national media , and the seat of the National Assembly for ___MASK5___ . The unitary authority area ' s mid - 2011 population was estimated to be 346 , 100 , while the population of the Larger Urban Zone was estimated at 861 , 400 in 2009 . The ___MASK57___ metropolitan area makes up over a third of the total population of ___MASK5___ , with a mid - 2011 population estimate of about 1 , 100 , 000 people . ___MASK57___ is a significant tourist centre and the most popular visitor destination in ___MASK5___ with 18 . 3 million visitors in 2010 . In 2011 , ___MASK57___ was ranked sixth in the world in National Geographic ' s alternative tourist destinations . Fan Fawr ( Welsh ' big peak ') is a ___MASK37___ in the Fforest Fawr section ___MASK64___ the ___MASK24___ Beacons National Park , in ___MASK63___ , Wales and over 734 m ( 2 , 408 ft ) high . ___MASK80___ ___MASK5___ is the western region of ___MASK5___ . Some definitions of ___MASK80___ ___MASK5___ include only Pembrokeshire , ___MASK30___ and Carmarthenshire , which historically comprised the Welsh principality of " Deheubarth " and was called " South ___MASK80___ ___MASK5___ " in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics ( NUTS ). Other definitions include Swansea and Neath Port Talbot but exclude ___MASK30___ . The " ___MASK80___ ___MASK5___ and the Valleys " NUTS area includes more westerly parts of North ___MASK5___ . The preserved county of Dyfed covers what is generally considered to be ___MASK80___ ___MASK5___ , which , between 1974 and 1996 , was also a county , with a county council and six district councils . Mid ___MASK5___ ( or simply " Y Canolbarth " " The Midlands ") is the name given to the central region of ___MASK5___ . The Mid ___MASK5___ Regional Committee of the National Assembly for ___MASK5___ covered the counties of ___MASK30___ and ___MASK63___ and the area of Gwynedd that had previously been the district of Meirionydd . A similar definition is used by the BBC . The ___MASK5___ Spatial Plan defines a region known as " Central ___MASK5___ " which covers ___MASK30___ and ___MASK63___ . If Mid ___MASK5___ is classed as ___MASK30___ and ___MASK63___ , the area would be 6 , 962 square kilometres ( about the size of Cumbria ). ___MASK65___ , officially known as the City and County of ___MASK65___ (""), is a coastal city and county in ___MASK5___ . It is the second largest city in ___MASK5___ after Cardiff , and the twenty - fifth largest city in the UK . ___MASK65___ lies within the historic county boundaries of ___MASK35___ and the ancient Welsh commote of Gyr . Situated on the sandy South West ___MASK5___ coast , the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands . According to its local council , the City and County of ___MASK65___ had a population of 241 , 300 in 2014 . The last official census stated that the city , metropolitan and urban areas combined concluded to be a total of 462 , 000 in 2011 , making it the second most populous local authority area in ___MASK5___ after Cardiff . During its 19th - century industrial heyday , ___MASK65___ was a key centre of the copper industry , earning the nickname ' Copperopolis '. Since 2011 , ___MASK65___ has started to expand into a larger region known as the ___MASK65___ Bay City Region . After combining with other councils , it now includes Tenby and other parts of West ___MASK5___ , its population including these areas an estimated 685 , 051 . The chairman of the new region is Sir Terry Matthews . The ___MASK10___ Channel is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain , separating South Wales from ___MASK2___ and Somerset in South West England . It extends from the lower estuary of the River Severn to the North Atlantic Ocean . It takes its name from the English city of ___MASK10___ , and is over 30 miles ( 50 km ) across at its widest point . ___MASK95___ is a mountainous region in north ___MASK5___ and a national park of in area . It was the first to be designated of the three national parks in ___MASK5___ , in 1951 . The square mile ( abbreviated as sq mi and sometimes as mi² ) is an imperial and US unit ___MASK64___ measure for an area equal to the area ___MASK64___ a square ___MASK64___ one statute mile . It should not be confused with " miles square ", which refers to a square region with each side having the specified length . For instance , 20 miles square ( 20 × 20 miles ) has an area equal to 400 square miles ; a rectangle ___MASK64___ 10 × 40 miles likewise has an area ___MASK64___ 400 square miles , but it is not 20 miles square . A ___MASK68___ is a park in use for conservation purposes . Often it is a reserve ___MASK64___ natural , semi - natural , or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns . Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently , there is a common idea : the conservation ___MASK64___ ' wild nature ' for posterity and as a symbol ___MASK64___ national pride . An international organization , the International Union for Conservation ___MASK64___ Nature ( IUCN ), and its World Commission on Protected Areas , has defined " National Park " as its " Category II " type ___MASK64___ protected areas . Craig Cerrig - gleisiad is a subsidiary ___MASK39___ ___MASK64___ Fan Fawr in the Fforest Fawr section ___MASK64___ the ___MASK24___ Beacons National Park , South Wales . It makes up half ___MASK64___ the Craig Cerrig - gleisiad and Fan Frynych National Nature Reserve with its sister peak Fan Frynych . The hectare ( or ; symbol ha ) is an ___MASK14___ accepted metric system unit ___MASK64___ : area equal to and primarily used in the measurement ___MASK64___ land as a metric replacement for the imperial ___MASK49___ . An ___MASK49___ is about 0 . 405 hectare and one hectare contains about 2 . 47 acres . ___MASK24___ , archaically known as Brecknock , is a market town and community in ___MASK63___ , Mid Wales , with a population in 2001 of 7 , 901 , increasing to 8 , 250 at the 2011 census . Historically it was the county town of Brecknockshire ; although its role as such was eclipsed with the formation of the County of ___MASK63___ , it remains an important local centre . ___MASK24___ is the third - largest town in ___MASK63___ , after Newtown and Ystradgynlais . It lies north of the ___MASK24___ Beacons mountain range , but is just within the ___MASK24___ Beacons National Park . Pen y Fan is the highest peak in ___MASK85___ ___MASK5___ , situated in the ___MASK24___ Beacons National Park . At above sea - level , it is also the highest British peak ___MASK85___ of Cadair Idris in Snowdonia . The twin summits of Pen y Fan and Corn Du at 873 m ( 2 , 864 ft ) were formerly referred to as Cadair Arthur or ' Arthur ' s Seat '. Fforest Fawr is the name given to an extensive ___MASK66___ area in the county of ___MASK63___ , Wales . Formerly known as the Great Forest of Brecknock in English , it was a royal hunting area for several centuries but is now used primarily for sheep grazing , forestry , water catchment and recreation . It lies within the Brecon Beacons National Park . ___MASK85___ ___MASK5___ is the region of ___MASK5___ bordered by England and the ___MASK10___ Channel to the east and south , and Mid ___MASK5___ and West ___MASK5___ to the north and west . The most densely populated region in the ___MASK60___ of the United Kingdom , it is home to around 2 . 2 million people . The region contains almost three - quarters of the population of ___MASK5___ , including the capital city of Cardiff ( population approximately 350 , 000 ), as well as Swansea and ___MASK34___ , with populations approximately 240 , 000 and 150 , 000 respectively . The Brecon Beacons national park covers about a third of ___MASK85___ ___MASK5___ , containing Pen y Fan , the highest mountain south of Snowdonia . ___MASK25___ is a country that is part ___MASK64___ the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with ___MASK62___ to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies ___MASK52___ ___MASK64___ ___MASK25___ and the Celtic Sea lies to the ___MASK60___ . ___MASK25___ is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths ___MASK64___ the island ___MASK64___ Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles ___MASK64___ Scilly , and the Isle ___MASK64___ Wight . The ___MASK49___ is a unit of land area used in the imperial and US customary systems . It is defined as the area of 1 chain by 1 furlong ( 66 by 660 feet ), which is exactly equal to of a square mile , 43 , 560 square feet , approximately 4 , 047 m , or about 40 % of a hectare . A furlong is a measure ___MASK64___ distance in imperial units and U . S . customary units equal to one - eighth ___MASK64___ a mile , equivalent to 660 feet , 220 yards , 40 rods , or 10 chains . Using the international definition ___MASK64___ the inch as exactly 25 . 4 millimetres , one furlong is 201 . 168 metres . However , the United States does not uniformly use this conversion ratio . Older ratios are in use for surveying purposes in some states , leading to variations in the length ___MASK64___ the furlong ___MASK64___ about two parts per million , or 0 . 4 millimetres ( inch ). This variation is too small to have many practical consequences . Five furlongs are about 1 . 0 kilometre ( 1 . 00584 km is the exact value , according to the international conversion ). A capital city ( or simply capital ) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country , state , province , or other region , usually as its seat ___MASK64___ government . A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the offices and meeting places ___MASK64___ its respective government ; the status as capital is often designated by its law or constitution . In some jurisdictions , including several countries , the different branches ___MASK64___ government are located in different settlements . In some cases , a distinction is made between the official ( constitutional ) capital and the seat ___MASK64___ government , which is in another place . ___MASK5___ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain . It is bordered by England to the east , the Irish Sea to the north and west , and the ___MASK10___ Channel to the south . It had a population in 2011 of 3 , 063 , 456 and has a total area of . ___MASK5___ has over of coastline and is largely mountainous , with its higher peaks in the north and central areas , including Snowdon , its highest summit . The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable , maritime climate . The ___MASK24___ Beacons National Park is one of three national parks in Wales , and is centred on the ___MASK24___ Beacons range of hills in southern Wales . It includes the Black Mountain in the west , (" Great Forest ") and the ___MASK24___ Beacons in the centre and the Black Mountains in the east . The United ___MASK13___ and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European ___MASK41___ , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its ___MASK85___ and the Celtic Sea to its ___MASK85___ - ___MASK85___ - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the ___MASK82___ . Fan Frynych is a subsidiary ___MASK39___ ___MASK64___ Fan Fawr in the Fforest Fawr section ___MASK64___ the ___MASK24___ Beacons National Park , South Wales . It makes up half ___MASK64___ the Craig Cerrig - gleisiad and Fan Frynych National Nature Reserve with its sister peak Craig Cerrig - gleisiad .