Carnarvonshire
a county in the northern part of Wales. It has an area of 565 square miles, of which one-half is pasture land. The surface in general is important pasture land. The surface in general is are There mountainous. mines of copper, lead, zinc, and coal.
Dairying is the chief agricultural indus- try. The principal towns are Carnarvon, the county seat; Bangor, and Conway.
Pop. about 130,000.