Neath Port Talbot
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| Neath Port Talbot county borough | |
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| Geography | |
| Area - Total - % Water | Ranked 11th 442 km² ? % |
| Admin HQ | Port Talbot |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-NTL |
| ONS code | 00NZ |
| Demographics | |
| Population - Total (29 April 2001) - Density | Ranked 8th 134,468 304 / km² |
| Ethnicity | 97.9% White 1.0% S.Asian |
| Welsh language - Any skills | Ranked 9th 28.8% |
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| Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council http://www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk/ | |
| Control | Labour |
| MPs | Hywel Francis Peter Hain |
Neath Port Talbot (Welsh: Castell-nedd Port Talbot) is a county borough in Glamorgan, south Wales.
The borough borders the other principal areas of Bridgend and Rhondda Cynon Taf to the east, Powys and Carmarthenshire to the north and Swansea to the west. Its main towns, as the name of the authority suggests, are Neath and Port Talbot.
It was created on April 1 1996 from the former districts of Neath, Port Talbot and part of Lliw Valley. Originally named Neath and Port Talbot, it changed its name on 2 April.
Peter Hain, the Leader of the House of Commons and Secretary of State for Wales, is Member of Parliament for Neath.
Settlements in the district include:
- Aberdulais
- Briton Ferry
- Bryncoch
- Cadoxton
- Crynant
- Cymmer
- Glyn Neath
- Gwaun Cae Gurwen
- Margam
- Neath
- Pontardawe
- Pontrhydyfen
- Port Talbot
- Resolven
- Seven Sisters
- Skewen
- Ystalyfera
| United Kingdom | Wales | Principal areas of Wales | 
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Anglesey | Blaenau Gwent | Bridgend | Caerphilly | Cardiff | Carmarthenshire | Ceredigion | Conwy | Denbighshire | Flintshire | Gwynedd | Merthyr Tydfil | Monmouthshire | Neath Port Talbot | Newport | Pembrokeshire | Powys | Rhondda Cynon Taff | Swansea | Torfaen | Vale of Glamorgan | Wrexham |