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Rhondda Cynon Taff

Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough
 
Geography
Area:
- Total
- % Water
Ranked 13th
424 kmē
? %
Admin HQ: Tonypandy
ISO 3166-2: GB-RCT
ONS code: 00PF
Demographics
Population:
- Total (April 29, 2001)
- Density
Ranked 2nd
231,946
547 / kmē
Welsh language:
- Any skills
Ranked 13th
21.1%
Politics
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
http://www.rhondda-cynon-taf.gov.uk
Control: Labour Party
MPs: Chris Bryant
Ann Clwyd
Kim Howells
Huw Irranca-Davies


Rhondda Cynon Taff (in Welsh, the final word is Taf) is a county borough in Glamorgan, South Wales.

The district borders Merthyr Tydfil and Caerphilly to the east, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan to the south, Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Aberdare, Mountain Ash and Pontypridd.

Settlements in the district include:

Aberdare
Hirwaun
Llanharan, Llantrisant
Maerdy, Miskin, Mountain Ash
Pontypridd, Porth
Tonypandy, Tonyrefail, Treherbert

The county borough was formed on April 1, 1996 by the merger of the former districts of Cynon Valley, Rhondda and part of Taff-Ely.


United Kingdom | Wales | Principal areas of Wales  

Anglesey | Blaenau Gwent | Bridgend | Caerphilly | Cardiff | Carmarthenshire | Ceredigion | Conwy | Denbighshire | Flintshire | Gwynedd | Merthyr Tydfil | Monmouthshire | Neath Port Talbot | Newport | Pembrokeshire | Powys | Rhondda Cynon Taff | Swansea | Torfaen | Vale of Glamorgan | Wrexham

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