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NEWPORT, WALES - JUNE 01: Richard Sterne of South Africa plays his sceond shot into the 16th green during the second round of the ISPS Handa Wales Open on the Twenty Ten course at the Celtic Manor Resort on June 1, 2012 in Newport, Wales.

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About Wales

The Principality of Wales (Welsh: Tywysogaeth Cymru; pronounced IPA: /ˈkəmrɨ/, approximately "COME-ree") is one of the four constituent nations of the United Kingdom. Wales is located in the south-west of Great Britain and is bordered by the English counties of Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, and Gloucestershire to the east, the Bristol Channel (Môr Hafren) to the south, St George's Channel (Sianel San Siôr) to the south-west, and the Irish Sea (Môr Iwerddon) to the west and north, and also by the estuary of the River Dee (Afon Dyfrdwy) in the north-east.

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