Rhondda Cynon Taf

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Rhondda Cynon Taf
County Borough

Geography
Aurie - Total - % Watter	Ranked 13t 424 km² 0 %
Admin HQ	Clydach Vale
ISO 3166-2	GB-RCT
ONS code	00PF
Demographics
Population: - Total (2021) - Densitie	Ranked Ranked / km²
Ethnicity	98.9% White.
Welsh leid - Ony skills	Ranked 13t 23.3%
Politics
Rhondda Cynon Taf Cooncil
Control	Labour
MPs	Chris Bryant (Rhondda) Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) Owen Smith (Pontypridd) Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore)
AMs	Leighton Andrews (Rhondda) Christine Chapman (Cynon Valley) Jane Davidson (Pontypridd) Janice Gregory (Ogmore)

Rhondda Cynon Taf (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈr̥ɔnða ˈkənɔn ˈtaːv]), or RCT, is a coonty burgh in the Sooth Wales Valleys o Wales. It consists o 3 valleys: the Rhondda Valley, Cynon Valley an Taff-Ely Valley. Results frae the 2001 census showed 21.1% o its 233,700 residents wur able tae speak, read, write or unnerstaund the Welsh leid.

The coonty burgh borders Merthyr Tydfil an Caerphilly tae the east, Cairdiff an the Vale o Glamorgan tae the sooth, Bridgend an Neath Port Talbot tae the wast an Powys tae the north. Its principal touns are - Aberdare, Llantrisant wi Talbot Green an Pontypridd, wi ither key settlements/touns being - Ferndale, Hirwaun, Llanharan, Mountain Ash, Porth, Tonypandy, Tonyrefail an Treorchy. Rhondda Cynon Taf is the seicont-maist populous local authority aurie in Wales.

The maist populous toun in Rhondda Cynon Taf is Aberdare (Welsh: Aberdâr) wi a population o 31,705 (2001 Census), follaeed bi Pontypridd with 29,781.

See an aw

• Leet o places in Rhondda Cynon Taf for a leet o touns an veelages.

External links

• Rhondda Cynon Taf Unitary Authority homepage Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
• Rhondda Cynon Taf Online news portal Archived 2007-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
• Rhondda Cynon Taf at Curlie