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| Dyfed |
| Geography |
| Status |
Welsh county |
| 1974 area |
5765.75 km² |
| 1996 area |
5765.75 km² |
| HQ |
Carmarthen |
| History |
| Origin |
Kingdom of Dyfed |
| Created |
1974 |
| Abolished |
1996 (for local government) |
| Succeeded by |
Carmarthenshire, Cardiganshire, Pembrokeshire |
| Demography |
| 1971 population |
316,369 |
| 1992 population |
351,100 (estimate) |
| Politics |
| Governance |
Dyfed County Council |
Dyfed is a preserved county of Wales.
Dyfed was created by the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974. It covered the former counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and was divided into local government districts as so:
The Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed had previously been the Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire, with the Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire and Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire becoming Lieutenants. The Dyfed-Powys Police had been created a number of years earlier.
The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 broke up Dyfed into three unitary authorities on April 1, 1996: Cardiganshire (which renamed itself Ceredigion as soon as it was able), Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, but retained Dyfed as a preserved county for purposes such as Lieutenancy.
