Rhondda Cynon Taff

{| border=1 cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right" width=280\n|-\n!colspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#99ff99"|Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough\n|-\n|colspan=2 align=center|\n|-\n!colspan=2 bgcolor="#99ff99"|Geography\n|-\n|Area:
- Total
- % Water||Ranked 13th
424 km²
? %\n|-\n|Admin HQ:||Tonypandy\n|-\n|ISO 3166-2:||GB-RCT\n|-\n|ONS code:||00PF\n|-\n!colspan=2 bgcolor="#99ff99"|Demographics\n|-\n|Population:
- Total (April 29, 2001)
- Density||Ranked 2nd
231,946
547 / km²\n|-\n|Welsh language:
- Any skills||Ranked 13th
21.1%\n|-\n!colspan=2 bgcolor="#99ff99"|Politics\n|-\n|colspan=2 align=center|Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
MPs:||Chris Bryant
Ann Clwyd
Kim Howells
Huw Irranca-Davies\n|} Rhondda Cynon Taff (in Welsh, the final word is Taf) is a county borough in Glamorgan, South Wales. The district borders Merthyr Tydfil and Caerphilly to the east, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan to the south, Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Aberdare, Mountain Ash and Pontypridd. Settlements in the district include:\n*Aberdare\n*Glyncoch\n*Hirwaun\n*Llanharan, Llantrisant\n*Maerdy, Miskin, Mountain Ash\n*Pontypridd, Porth\n*Tonypandy, Tonyrefail, Treherbert\n*Ynysybwl The county borough was formed on April 1, 1996 by the merger of the former districts of Cynon Valley, Rhondda and part of Taff-Ely. Category:Principal areas of Wales\n