The Welsh name, Abertawe, translates as "mouth/estuary of the Tawe" and it is likely this name was used for the area before a settlement was established. The first written record of the Welsh name for the town itself dates from

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Ancient history
The area around Swansea has a unique archaeological history dating back to the Palaeolithic. Finds at Long Hole Cave on the Gower Peninsulahave been interpreted as that of the first modern humans in Britain, and the same area

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The "City and County of Swansea" local authority area is bordered by unitary authorities of Carmarthenshire to the north, and Neath Port Talbot

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From 1804 until the 1920s, Swansea experienced continuous population growth. The 1930s and 1940s was a period of slight decline. In the 1950s and 1960s, the population

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The Royal Institution of South Wales was founded in 1835 as the Swansea Literary and Philosophical Society.
Performing arts
The Grand Theatre

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The poet Dylan Thomasis perhaps the best-known. He was born in the town and grew up at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Uplands, where he lived for 23 years and produced two-thirds of his published work from his tiny bedroom which has been faithfully recreated as it may have

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Swansea may be divided into four physical areas. The geology is complex, providing diverse scenery. The Gower Peninsulato the west was the first area in the United Kingdom to be designated

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