County of Glamorgan

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The County of Glamorgan is a historic county in south Wales that encompassed major urban and industrial centers such as Cardiff and Swansea and played a key role in the coal and steel industries.

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County of Glamorgan canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative county
historic county
abolishedAsAdministrativeCounty 1974
borders Breconshire
surface form: Brecknockshire

Bristol Channel
Carmarthenshire
Monmouthshire
capital Cardiff
containsAirport Cardiff Airport
containsLandmark Caerphilly Castle
Castell Coch
Gower Peninsula
Margam
surface form: Margam Abbey

Mumbles Head
containsRegion Cynon Valley
Rhondda Valley
Taff Valley
Vale of Glamorgan
containsUniversity Cardiff University
Swansea University
country Wales
dateEstablished 1536
establishedBy Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
formedFrom Lordship of Glamorgan
surface form: Norman lordship of Glamorgan
hasPrincipalTown Cardiff
hasTown Aberdare
Barry
Bridgend
Merthyr Tydfil
Mountain Ash
Neath
Pontypridd
Port Talbot
Rhondda Valley
surface form: Rhondda

Swansea
historicCountyStatusRetained yes
historicCountyTown Cardiff
industrialCentre Port of Cardiff
surface form: Cardiff Docks

Tata Steel Port Talbot steelworks
surface form: Port Talbot Steelworks

Port of Swansea
surface form: Swansea docks
locatedIn Great Britain
United Kingdom
South Wales (region of Wales)
surface form: south Wales
majorCoalfield South Wales Coal Measures
surface form: South Wales Coalfield
playedKeyRoleIn coal industry
steel industry
succeededBy Mid Glamorgan
South Glamorgan
West Glamorgan

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Bristol Channel borders County of Glamorgan