Porth

E105743

Porth is a town in the Rhondda Valley of South Wales, historically known as a coal mining community and often referred to as the "Gateway to the Rhondda."

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Porth canonical 9
PORTH 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town
constituencySenedd Rhondda Valley
surface form: Rhondda
constituencyWestminster Rhondda Valley
surface form: Rhondda
country Wales
dialCode 01443
distanceFrom approximately 12 miles northwest of Cardiff city centre
approximately 3 miles south of Tonypandy
economicHistory developed rapidly in the 19th century due to coal mining
hasAmenity retail and commercial centre for surrounding valley communities
hasPostcodeDistrict CF39
CF40
hasPostTown Porth self-linksurface differs
surface form: PORTH
hasPrimarySchool Porth Community School
hasSecondarySchool Porth Community School
historicalCounty Glamorgan
historicalIndustry coal mining
language English
Welsh
lieutenancyArea Mid Glamorgan
locatedIn United Kingdom
Wales
nickname Gateway to the Rhondda
partOf Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Valley
South Wales Valleys
surface form: South Wales
region South Wales Valleys
river River Rhondda
servedBy Porth railway station
bus services in Rhondda Valley
transportLink A4058 road NERFINISHED
A4233 road NERFINISHED
unitaryAuthority Rhondda Cynon Taf

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Porth hasPostTown Porth self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: PORTH
Tonyrefail hasPostTown Porth
Tonyrefail locatedNear Porth
Tonypandy hasNearbyTown Porth
CF coversArea Porth
subject surface form: CF postcode area
CF hasPostTown Porth
subject surface form: CF postcode area
this entity surface form: PORTH