Bala
Bala is a market community and also neighborhood in Gwynedd, Wales. Previously a city district, Bala exists within the historical region of Merionethshire. It exists at the north end of Llyn Tegid, 17 miles (27 km) north-east of Dolgellau, with a population taken in the UK Census 2011 of 1,974. It is bit more than one vast street, this being Stryd Fawr (High Street, actually "Great Street"). The High Street and also its shops can be fairly busy in the summertime with many visitors. Bala was rated as having the 20th greatest portion of Welsh language speakers in Wales by electoral department, in the UK Census 2011. According to the census, 78.5% of Bala's population can speak Welsh.