Neath Port Talbot county borough
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
Welsh language: - Any skills	Ranked 9th 28.8%
Politics
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 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 1 April 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
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

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