The preserved county of Dyfed covers what is generally considered to be West Wales; between 1974 and 1996, Dyfed was a county, with a county council and six district councils.
Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, and Swansea – Is used by Visit Wales,[4][5] and covers a similar area as South West Wales. This would exclude Ceredigion.[6][7]
Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire (excluding Llanelli) – Was used by the Welsh Development Agency before the mid 1990s.[8]
Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend County Borough – Was used by the Welsh Development Agency from the mid 1990s.[8]
^"West Wales Area Plan - Ceredigion County Council". www.ceredigion.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
^"West Wales Regional Partnership Board – Working together to plan and deliver services for adult and children with needs for care and support". Retrieved 2024-03-30.
^"Introduction to Wales". VisitWales. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
^"wwcc.co.uk domain is for sale | Buy with Epik.com". wwcc.co.uk.
^"Future Skills Wales Project Summary Report for West Wales 1998-2007" (PDF).
^ a bPhelps, Nick; Morgan, Kevin; Fuller, Crispian (2000), Hood, Neil; Young, Stephen (eds.), "Regions, Governance and FDI: The Case of Wales", The Globalization of Multinational Enterprise Activity and Economic Development, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 366–389, doi:10.1057/9780230599161_15, ISBN 978-0-230-59916-1, retrieved 2021-12-17
^ONS NUTS guide to Wales statistical groupings
^"The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1926".