South West Wales is a region of Wales. A definition consisting of the unitary authorities of Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire is used by a number of government agencies and private organisations including:
- BBC
- Welsh Assembly Government
- South West Wales Economic Forum (SWWEF)
- South West Wales Integrated Transport Consortium (SWWITCH)
- South West Wales Tourism Partnership (SWWTP)
- West Wales Chamber of Commerce (WWCC)
A different definition is used in the EU Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, which refers to South West Wales as a subdivision of West Wales and the Valleys comprising Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire.
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