Aberdare

Aberdare is a town in the Cynon Valley area of , , at the confluence of the Rivers Dare and . Aberdare has a population of 39,550.
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  • Type: Town with 29,700 residents
  • Description: town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
  • Also known as: “Aberdar” and “Aberdâr”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aberdare railway station and Aberdare Library.

Railway station
Photo: Avocet, Public domain.
serves the town of Aberdare in , . It is the terminus of the Aberdare branch of the Merthyr Line, 22½ miles north-north-west of . Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.

Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
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Siloa Chapel was the largest of the Welsh Independent, or Congregationalist, chapels in Aberdare. It operated from 1844 to 2020. Services were held in the Welsh language.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aberaman and Cwmbach.

Village
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is a village near Aberdare in the county borough of , south . It was heavily dependent on the coal industry and the population, as a result, grew rapidly in the late nineteenth century.

Village
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is a village and community near Aberdare, in the county borough of , . means 'Little Valley' in Welsh. has a population of 5,117.

Village
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is a small village and community north of the Cwm Cynon, near the town of Aberdare, , Wales, with a population of 1,302 as of 2011 census.

Aberdare

Latitude
51.7134° or 51° 42′ 48″ north
Longitude
-3.4456° or 3° 26′ 44″ west
Population
29,700
Elevation
443 feet (135 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB ABE
Open location code
9C3RPH73+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 498477194
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2657835
Wiki­data ID
Q319369
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Aberdare” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أبردير”
  • Asturian: “Aberdâr”
  • Basque: “Aberdare”
  • Bengali: “এবারডেয়ার”
  • Breton: “Aberdâr”
  • Bulgarian: “Абърдеър”
  • Catalan: “Aberdâr”
  • Cebuano: “Aberdare”
  • Chinese: “阿伯代尔”
  • Chinese: “阿伯代爾”
  • Chinese: “阿伯德尔”
  • Cornish: “Aberdâr”
  • Czech: “Aberdare”
  • Danish: “Aberdare”
  • Dutch: “Aberdare”
  • French: “Aberdare (Pays de Galles)”
  • French: “Aberdare”
  • Galician: “Aberdare”
  • German: “Aberdare”
  • Greek: “Άμπερντεϊρ”
  • Gujarati: “અબેરડેર”
  • Hebrew: “אברדייר”
  • Indonesian: “Aberdar”
  • Indonesian: “Aberdâr”
  • Indonesian: “Aberdare, Wales”
  • Indonesian: “Aberdare”
  • Irish: “Aberdâr”
  • Italian: “Aberdare”
  • Japanese: “アバーデア”
  • Kannada: “ಅಬರ್ಡೇರ್”
  • Korean: “애버데어”
  • Latvian: “Eberdeira”
  • Lithuanian: “Aberdaras”
  • Lithuanian: “Aberderas”
  • Manx: “Aberdâr”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aberdâr”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aberdare”
  • Norwegian: “Aberdare”
  • Ossetian: “Абердэр”
  • Persian: “ابردیر”
  • Polish: “Aberdare”
  • Portuguese: “Aberdare”
  • Russian: “Абердар”
  • Russian: “Абердэр”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Aberdâr”
  • Silesian: “Aberdare”
  • Slovak: “Aberdare”
  • Spanish: “Aberdare”
  • Swedish: “Aberdar”
  • Swedish: “Aberdâr”
  • Swedish: “Aberdare”
  • Tamil: “அபேர்டார்”
  • Telugu: “అబేర్డరే”
  • Ukrainian: “Абердер”
  • Urdu: “ابیرداری”
  • Welsh: “Aberdar”
  • Welsh: “Aberdâr”
  • Welsh: “Ysgol Ramadeg Bechgyn Aberdâr”

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