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Longest Valid Internet Domain Name in the World !
The undisputable LONGEST VALID INTERNET DOMAIN NAME IN THE WORLD also links to this website, and is : llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochuchaf.org.uk. This has 70 characters (63 characters plus the .org.uk). The ending "uchaf" is the Welsh for "higher" or "upper", and refers to the upper (old) part of the village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. The lower village is known as Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochisaf ("isaf" = lower).
Where is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch ?
Llanfairpwll is on the island of Anglesey (Ynys Môn in Welsh). Anglesey is separated from the mainland by the Menai Straits. There are 2 bridges - Britannia Bridge and Menai Bridge. Llanfairpwll is just over the Britannia bridge.
The Royals - William and Kate
Anglesey was also the home of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge - Prince William (heir to the British throne), Kate (Middleton) and their new baby, Prince George, whilst William was based at the Royal Air Force base on Anglesey. Their home was in Bodorgan - just a few miles from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis
In December 2020, a previously unknown soil bacterium was discovered in the village. It was subsequently named and registered as Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis by Aberystwyth University
Early History
The village development saw the establishment of a Post Office, two schools, half a dozen pubs, a brewery, a hotel and (by 1889) 12 grocers. The village by then had a population of 961. In 1894 a livestock market emerged, and a slate factory opened in the nearby harbour of Pwllfanogl. In the 1960s and 1970s the "new" village began to appear. There was extensive building on various sites, and the population increased from 1,172 in 1961 to 3,101 in 2011. Llanfairpwll still retains its village atmosphere, even though there are more people living there than in many other towns in Wales.
Guinness Book of Records
The Domain Name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.co.uk was listed in the Guinness Book of Records in 2002.
At that time, the maximum number of characters allowed for an internet domain name was 58 (not including the suffix).
This limit was subsequently extended to 63, and so the domain name was extended with 'uchaf'.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochuchaf.org.uk now holds the record as the longest valid (i.e. not made-up, such as abcdefg...etc.) domain name in the world.
The additional 'uchaf' refers to the upper part of the village. In the same way, the lower part of the village would be called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochisaf.
Barbarella film with Jane Fonda
The name was used in the 1960's cult film Barbarella (Jane Fonda) as the password for Dildano's headquarters:
Dildano: [radioing instructions to the rebel army] 'And our password will be... Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.'
Barbarella: 'You mean the secret password is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?'
Dildano: 'Exactly.'
Anglesey Monopoly Board
Anglesey has its own Monopoly board, with Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Railway Station as one of the property cards.