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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 80. Chapters: Afan Valley, Rhondda Valley, Swansea Valley, Vale of Neath, River Afan, Bryn, Neath Port Talbot, South Wales Valleys, Craig-y-Nos Castle, Wye Valley, Clydach, Swansea, Swansea Canal, Pontardawe, Neath and Tennant Canal, Mardy Colliery, Croeserw, Clydach Vale, Ystalyfera, A465 road, Afan Forest Park, Swansea Vale Railway, Llwynypia, Cynon Valley, Treorchy, Ynyshir, Tonypandy, Ton Pentre, Wattstown, Glyncorrwg, Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Porth, Treherbert, Gelli, Rhondda, Ogmore Vale, River Tawe, Cymmer, Neath Port Talbot, Blaengwrach, Dinas Rock, Tylorstown, Glynneath, Cwmafan, Dan yr Ogof, Aberdulais, Cwmtwrch, Trehafod, Maerdy, River Mellte, Cwm Idwal, Pontneddfechan, Tonna, Neath, National Cycle Route 43, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, Nantlle Valley, River Neath, Nant-y-Ffrith, Ystradgynlais, Rhymney Valley, Blaenrhondda, Alltwen, Ynystawe, Blaencwm, Abercraf, Melincourt Falls, Vale of Clwyd, Aberdulais Falls, Trebanos, Elan Valley, Sirhowy Valley, Resolven, A4067 road, Godre'r Graig, Pontrhydyfen, Gwynfi, Gnoll Country Park, A4107 road, Pwll Dwfn, Aberpergwm, Clyne, Neath Port Talbot, Abergwynfi, Blaengwynfi, Vale of Ffestiniog, Dulais Valley, Cwm Nantcol, Abergarwed, Amman Valley. Excerpt: Rhondda (pronounced ), or the Rhondda Valley (Welsh: ), is a former coal mining valley in Wales, formerly a local government district, consisting of 16 communities built around the River Rhondda. The valley is made up of two valleys, the larger Rhondda Fawr valley (mawr large) and the smaller Rhondda Fach valley (bach small). Both the singular term 'Rhondda Valley' and the plural 'Rhondda Valleys' are commonly used. In 2001 the Rhondda constituency of the National Assembly for Wales had a population of 72, 443, while the National Office of Statistics described the Rhondda urban area as having a population of 59, 602 making it the 4th largest single urban area in Wales after the cities of Cardiff, Swansea and Newport. Rhondda is part of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough and is part of the South Wales Valleys. The Rhondda Valley is most notable for its historical link to the coal mining industry which was at its peak between 1840-1925 AD. The Rhondda Valleys were home to a strong early nonconformist Christian movement which manifested itself in the baptist chapels which moulded Rhondda values in the 19th and early 20th century. Rhondda is also famous for strong masculine cultural ties within a social community which expressed itself outside industry in the form of male voice choirs, sport, trade unions and public house life. A rough layout of the main villages of the Rhondda shown along the two tributaries of the River RhonddaThe larger of the two valleys, the Rhondda Fawr, extends from Porth and rises through the valley until it reaches Blaenrhondda, near Treherbert. The settlements that make up the Rhondda Fawr are as follows: The Rhondda Fach is celebrated in the 1971 David Alexander song 'If I could see the Rhondda', the valley includes Wattstown, Ynyshir, Pontygwaith, Ferndale, Tylorstown and Maerdy. The settlements that make up the Rhondda Fach are as follows: River Rhondda in the Fawr Valley near its source in BlaenrhonddaIn the early Middle Ages, Glynrhondda was