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Aberystwyth

Aberystwyth, town in Ceredigion District, Ceredigion, central Wales, at the mouth of the Ystwyth and Rheidol rivers, on Cardigan Bay. A seaside resort and educational centre, Aberystwyth is the seat of Aberystwyth University (2007) and the National Library of Wales (chartered 1907). There are also the ruins of a 13th-century castle around which the town grew up. The National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales opened in the town in 2001. Population 11,154 (1991).