Rhondda Cynon Taff
Unitary authority in south Wales, created in 1996 from part of the
former county of Mid Glamorgan; population (1996) 232,600; area
440 sq km/170 sq mi. The administrative centre is Clydach Vale.
This was formerly an important coal mining area. The Royal Mint
is at Llantrisant.
It consists of a series of linear settlements following the
two rivers, Rhondda Fawr and Rhondda Fach. A variety of new light
industries have been attracted here, and there are two major industrial
estates, one at Treforest near Pontypridd and the other at Hirwaun
near Aberdare. To the south is the lowland plateau, or Bro Morgannwg,
a rich agricultural area of mixed farming and large villages which
is traversed by the M4 motorway.
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