Bala
Bala is a market community as well as neighborhood in Gwynedd, Wales. Formerly a metropolitan area, Bala exists within the historical region of Merionethshire. It exists at the north end of Llyn Tegid, 17 miles (27 kilometres) north-east of Dolgellau, with a population absorbed the UK Census 2011 of 1,974. It is bit more than one large road, this being Stryd Fawr (High Street, literally "Great Street"). The High Street and its stores can be quite hectic in the summertime with several visitors. Bala was placed as having the 20th highest percentage of Welsh language speakers in Wales by electoral department, in the United Kingdom Census 2011. According to the census, 78.5% of Bala's population can talk Welsh.
