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ID: 1064807
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1064807
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Rhondda (inhabited place)  Rhondda (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 39 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.6500  decimal degrees
Long: 003 29 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -3.4833  decimal degrees

Note: Valley region between 2 rivers; was thinly inhabited until early 19th cen. when steam coal was discovered; population was almost 170,000 by 1924; unemployment rose in 1930s & many emigrated; afforestation of bare land was begun in 1960s.

Names:
Rhondda (preferred,C,V,English,U)  ............ named after Welsh coal-mining entrepreneur Baron Rhondda
Ystradyfodwg (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Wales (country)  ............  Wales (country) (P)
Hierarchy of County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff (unitary authority)  ................  County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Rhondda (inhabited place)  ....................  Rhondda (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  area was inhabited in ancient times; valley region was a series of villages & towns before coal was discovered
urban center (C)
mining center (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Rhondda..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 30
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Ystradyfodwg..........  [VP]
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 30
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2606195
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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