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Population and Administration

The population of the county borough is 231,952 (2001). According to the 2001 census, Welsh is spoken by around 21 per cent of the population (see Celtic Languages). The main towns are Aberdare (1991, 29,040), and Mountain Ash (14,300), Pontypridd (population, 1991, 28,487), Porth (16,300), and Tonypandy (19,500). The administrative centre of the unitary authority is in Clydach-Vale.

Glamorgan University, founded in 1992, is in Pontypridd. The police authority is the South Wales Constabulary, which has its headquarters in the town of Bridgend in Bridgend county borough.