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Dinas
Dinas is located in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Dinas
Dinas
Location within Rhondda Cynon Taf
OS grid referenceST007917
Principal area
  • Rhondda Cynon Taf
Preserved county
  • Mid Glamorgan
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTONYPANDY / PORTH
Postcode districtCF40 / CF39
Dialling code01443
PoliceSouth Wales
FireSouth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
  • Rhondda
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
  • Rhondda
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Wales
Rhondda Cynon Taf
51°37′10″N 3°25′51″W / 51.61948°N 3.43073°W / 51.61948; -3.43073

Dinas is a village near Tonypandy in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Dinas is often referred to as Dinas Rhondda to avoid confusion with Dinas Powys in the Vale of Glamorgan. The word dinas in Modern Welsh means "city", but here (as in Old and Middle Welsh more generally) it means "hill fort".[1]

  1. ^ "The place-names of Wales". Retrieved 29 April 2016.

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List of places in Rhondda Cynon Taf

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Gilfach Goch

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Goch, was the Dinas Main Colliery. It reached the Rhondda No.3 seam in 1868 and was known for its high quality coal and coke. The Dinas Main Colliery...

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Glamorgan

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in 1811 to link Walter Coffin's mine at Dinas Rhondda, allowing the first viable transport link from the Rhondda coal fields to the ports of Cardiff. The...

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Tonypandy railway station

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opposite Walter Coffin's Dinas Middle Colliery. The station was closed in 1886 and later demolished, to be replaced by Dinas Station, built about 200...

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Ynyshir

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neighbouring Dinas and with the train came far greater commercial opportunities for prospective colliery owners, with the first section of the Rhondda Fach Branch...

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Pentre

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in the early 19th century, of economically viable coal deposits in Dinas Rhondda it was not long until expeditions reached the mid valleys. In 1857 Edward...

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Porth

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Taff Vale Railway

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convergence of Pwllyrhebog branch; Dinas Rhondda; opened 2 August 1886; closed 12 April 1917; reopened July 1919; now Dinas (Rhondda); still open Pandy (Glamorgan);...

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Transport for Wales Rail

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Dinas Powys railway station

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Ysgol Garth Olwg

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the village of Church Village near Pontypridd, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It was the first Welsh language comprehensive school...

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Cardiff Central railway station

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Pontyclun

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River Taff

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village and community north of the Cwm Cynon, near the town of Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, with a population of 1,302 as of 2011 census. The village...

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Tonteg

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