What is Porth?
{{Infobox UK place |country = Wales |welsh_name= |constituency_welsh_assembly= [[Rhondda (Assembly constituency)|Rhondda]] |map_type= |official_name= Porth |static_image= Park Crescent, Porth - geograph.org.uk - 414372.jpg |static_image_caption= Houses, Porth |unitary_wales= [[Rhondda Cynon Taf]] |lieutenancy_wales= [[Mid Glamorgan]] |constituency_westminster= [[Rhondda (UK Parliament constituency)|Rhondda]] |post_town= PORTH |postcode_district = CF39 |postcode_area= CF |dial_code= 01443 |os_grid_reference= ST025915 | population = 5970 | population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127653&c=porth&d=16&e=62&g=6495005&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1447703710047&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|access-date=16 November 2015|archive-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117032702/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127653&c=porth&d=16&e=62&g=6495005&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1447703710047&enc=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} '''Porth''' is a village in the [[Rhondda]] Valleys, [[Wales]]. Porth is at the joint of the Rhondda Fawr and Rhondda Fach, Porth sees itself as the capital of the Rhondda. ==History== On 11 April 1877 the Tynewydd Colliery was the scene of a mine disaster that led to a mine rescue operation following which four first-class and twenty-one second-class Albert Medals for Lifesaving were awarded. A build-up of water in old Cymmer Colliery resulted in flooding of the Tynewydd mine. Only fourteen of 100 miners employed at the mine were working underground at the time of the accident. Four of the trapped miners were rescued after eighteen hours. The nearby village of [[Dinas, Rhondda Cynon Taf|Dinas]] was the site of the first coal mine in the Rhondda valley. ==Transport== From Porth you can travel by bus to places such as Cardiff, Treochy,