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Neath Port Talbot

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Neath Port Talbot

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Locator map for the Welsh administrative region of Neath Port Talbot.

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

Area

442 sq km/171 sq mi

Towns

Port Talbot (administrative headquarters), Neath, Pontadarwe

Physical

the terrain is dominated by the alternation of river valleys and high moorland interfluves

Features

Roman fort of Nidum is near Neath; 19th-century Margam House and county park

Industries

former coal-mining area now in decline; manufacturing, including electrical, electronic, and automotive components; chemicals; various metalworks, especially steelmaking; service sector industries

Agriculture

beef cattle, sheep, and dairy farming

Population

(2001) 134,500

The county is mainly industrial, with coal mining at one time predominating.



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