Dowlais

Dowlais is a in the north-east of in South East Wales. The name is derived from the Welsh words du and glais. Dowlais is notable within Wales and within as a whole, for its historic association with ironworking; once employing, through the Dowlais Iron Company, over 7,000 people, the works being at one stage the largest in the world.
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  • Suburb with about 4,100 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 990 feet (300 metres)
  • Description: village and community of the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, in Wales

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bethania Chapel, Dowlais and Dowlais Library.
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Bethania, Dowlais was a Welsh Independent…
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is a building.
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is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pant and Gurnos.
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is a village and community on the outskirts…
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is a community of in , United Kingdom.
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is a town and County Borough in South…

Dowlais

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Latitude
51.76251° or 51° 45′ 45″ north
Longitude
-3.35556° or 3° 21′ 20″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB DWA
Open location code
9C3RQJ7V+2Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4210805119
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2651039
Wiki­data ID
Q5302695

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Dowlais” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Dowlais”
  • Bengali: “ডোলাইস”
  • Breton: “Dowlais”
  • Catalan: “Dowlais”
  • Cebuano: “Dowlais”
  • Chinese: “道里斯”
  • Cornish: “Dowlais”
  • Czech: “Dowlais”
  • Dutch: “Dowlais”
  • French: “Dowlais”
  • Galician: “Dowlais”
  • German: “Dowlais”
  • Gujarati: “ડોવલૈસ”
  • Indonesian: “Dowlais”
  • Irish: “Dowlais”
  • Italian: “Dowlais”
  • Japanese: “ダウライス”
  • Kannada: “ಡೌಲಾಯಿಸ್”
  • Korean: “다우레스”
  • Lithuanian: “Daulys”
  • Persian: “دولیس”
  • Polish: “Dowlais”
  • Portuguese: “Dowlais”
  • Russian: “Даулейс”
  • Scots: “Dowlais”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Dowlais”
  • Slovenian: “Dowlais”
  • Spanish: “Dowlais”
  • Swedish: “Dowlais”
  • Tamil: “டௌலைஸ்”
  • Telugu: “డౌలైస్”
  • Urdu: “دوولایس”
  • Welsh: “Dowlais”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dowlais Police Station and Ivor English Congregational Church.

Wales: Highlights

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