Rhondda Cynon Taf is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It consists of five valleys:the Rhondda Fawr,Rhondda Fach,Cynon,Taff and Ely valleys,plus a number of towns and villages away from the valleys. Results from the 2011 census showed 19.1% of its 234,410 residents self-identified as having some ability in the use of the Welsh language. The county borough borders Merthyr Tydfil County Borough and Caerphilly County Borough to the east,Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan to the south,Bridgend County Borough and Neath Port Talbot to the west and Powys to the north. Its principal towns are - Aberdare,Llantrisant with Talbot Green and Pontypridd,with other key settlements/towns being - Maerdy,Ferndale,Hirwaun,Llanharan,Mountain Ash,Porth,Tonypandy,Tonyrefail and Treorchy.
Maerdy is a village and community in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf,and within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan,Wales,lying at the head of the Rhondda Fach Valley.
Porth is a town and a community in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf,within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan,Wales. Lying in the Rhondda Valley,it is regarded as the gateway connecting the Rhondda Fawr and Rhondda Fach valleys due to both valleys meeting at Porth. The Welsh word "porth" means "gate". Porth is a predominantly English-speaking community.
Treorchy is a town and community in Wales. Once a mining town,it retains such characteristics. Situated in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in the Rhondda Fawr valley. Treorchy is also one of the 16 communities of the Rhondda. It includes the villages of Cwmparc and Ynyswen.
Ynysybwl is a village in Cwm Clydach in Wales. It is situated in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf,roughly 15 miles (24 km) north-north-west of Cardiff,4 miles (6 km) north of Pontypridd and 16 miles (26 km) south of Merthyr Tydfil,and forms part of the community of Ynysybwl and Coed-y-Cwm.
Ynyshir is a village and community located in the Rhondda Valley,within Rhondda Cynon Taf,South Wales. The name of the village means "long island" in Welsh and takes its name from a farm in the area,falling within the historic parishes of Ystradyfodwg and Llanwynno (Llanwonno). The community of Ynyshir lies between the small adjoining village of Wattstown and the larger town of neighbouring Porth.
Rhondda was a local government district in the geographical area of the Rhondda Valley,south Wales,from 1877 until 1996,with various statuses through its history.
Carwyn Howell Jones is a Welsh politician who served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour from 2009 to 2018. He served as Counsel General for Wales from 2007 to 2009. Jones served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Bridgend from 1999 to 2021.
Tylorstown (Pendyrus) is a village and community located in the Rhondda valley,in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. It is neighboured by the villages of Blaenllechau,Ferndale,Penrhys,Pontygwaith and Stanleytown.
Dinas is a village near Tonypandy in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. Dinas is often referred to as Dinas Rhondda to avoid confusion with Dinas Powys in the Vale of Glamorgan. The word dinas in Modern Welsh means "city",but here it means "hill fort".
Cynon Valley is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region,which elects four additional members,in addition to eight constituency members,to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Cardiff Central is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also,however,it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region,which elects four additional members,in addition to eight constituency members,to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Cymmer is a village and community in the Rhondda Valley,Wales. It is so named because of being located at the 'confluence' of the Rhondda Fawr and Rhondda Fach river valleys. Several collieries were opened here in the middle part of the nineteenth century. A coal mine disaster in 1856 resulted in 114 casualties,and the lack of payment of any compensation to the miners' families caused bitter feelings in the community.
Capital Region Tourism is a tourism partnership in Wales which aims to promote tourism in the Cardiff Capital Region. CRT is based at the University of Wales Institute,Cardiff in the Penylan area of Cardiff.
Christine James is a Welsh poet and academic. She served as the first female Archdruid of Wales from June 2013 until June 2016. She first presided over the ceremonies at the National Eisteddfod in the 2013 Eisteddfod in Denbigh. Like all holders,she qualified by winning a major literary prize at a previous National Eisteddfod. She was elected Cofiadur (Recorder) of the Gorsedd of Bards at the National Eisteddfod in 2017,again as the first woman to hold the post. She is a recipient of the Wales Book of the Year.
Dafydd Trystan Davies is a Welsh academic and politician,who was chair of Plaid Cymru from 2013 until 2019,when he was replaced by Alun Ffred Jones. Trystan is currently the Senior Academic Manager and Registrar for Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.
Porth Community School is a Community School located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. The school was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of two leading grammar schools,Porth County Girls and Porth County Boys,along with the amalgamation of the Secondary Modern Schools of Llwyncelyn,Trealaw and Ynyshir. Porth is now described as a good school and the previous Porth Infants and Porth Juniors schools have all moved to the Porth Community School to form the new school. Children of various ages attend the school,ranging from 3–16 years old.
Vikki Howells is a Welsh Labour politician and former teacher. Since May 2016,she has been the Member of the Senedd for Cynon Valley.
Wales has traditionally been divided into a number of ambiguous and undefined areas described as "regions",reflecting historical,geographical,administrative,cultural and electoral boundaries within the country. Presently,the most common form of division of Wales into "regions" has been using cardinal and intercardinal references,north or south-west for example. None of the variously described "regions" have official status or defined boundaries,there is neither a fixed number of regions. Various organisations use different regions and combinations of regions for their individual purposes. This includes devolved institutions,such as Visit Wales,Natural Resources Wales,and the Welsh Government itself,using different sets of Wales' regions. Wales is most commonly sub-divided into between two and four regions,with a North–South divide,and North,Mid,South East and South West division being common. This article will list the various terms applied to be the "regions of Wales" and the regions used by various organisations.
