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Rhondda

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Rhondda (rŏn`də, Welsh rôn`thə), city (1991 pop. 70,980), Rhondda Cynon Taff, S Wales, on tributaries of the Taff River. Coal mining, once the chief occupation, has disappeared. Light manufacturing and quarrying are the main industries. A mining heritage museum is at Treharris.
Rhondda
an urban area in S Wales, in Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough on two branches of the Rhondda Valley: developed into a major coal-mining centre after 1807 and grew to a population of 167 900 in 1924: the last coal mine closed in 1990. Pop.: 59 947 (1991)
Rhondda 

a city in Wales, Great Britain, located in Mid Glamorganshire in the Rhondda River valley. Population, 88,900 (1971). Rhondda is the center of the South Wales coal field. There are coal mines and electrical-engineering and clothing industries in the area.
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Pam Wells Abertridwr, Caerphilly ON OCTOBER 10, Handel's Messiah was performed at Rhondda Fach Sports Centre in aid of Ty Hafan.
STRAIGHT TO THE point by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
The development, just south of the Rhondda Valley, will also include a golf course and club, restaurants, a six-screen multiplex cinema, a hospital and hotel, health spa, shops, and business parks.
pounds 1bn VALLEYWOOD JOBS BOOST; New leisure development will ... by The Mirror (London, England)
A HOUSING association based in the Rhondda Valley has won a top industry award.
National award for housing association by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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