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Blaenau Gwent

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Blaenau Gwent

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Locator map for the Welsh administrative region of Blaenau Gwent.

Unitary authority in south Wales, created in 1996 from part of the former county of Gwent.

Area

109 sq km/42 sq mi

Towns

Ebbw Vale (administrative headquarters), Tredegar, Abertillery

Features

Mynydd Carn-y-Cefn (550 m/1,800 ft); rivers Sirhowy and Ebbw; part of the Brecon Beacons National Park is here; Silent Valley Nature Reserve is a 392 ha/969 acre-site of special scientific interest

Industries

new industries include pharmaceuticals, food processing, hydraulics, computer systems, hi-tech engineering, and tourism

Agriculture

mixed farming

Population

(2001) 70,100

The area no longer depends on coal, iron, and steel industries, and former industrial land is being redeveloped.



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