Category:Aberfan

**Aberfan**
	village in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK
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Instance of	village;
Location	Merthyr Vale, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Significant event	Aberfan disaster (1966);
	51° 41′ 30″ N, 3° 20′ 44″ W
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Cymraeg: Mae Aberfan yn bentref ym mwrdeistref sirol Merthyr Tudful.

Deutsch: Das Grubenunglück von Aberfan ereignete sich am 21. Oktober 1966 im Dorf Aberfan, 8 km südlich von Merthyr Tydfil in Südwales.

English: For approximately 50 years up to 1966, millions of cubic metres of excavated mining debris from the National Coal Board's Merthyr Vale Colliery was deposited on the side of Merthyr Mountain, directly above the village of Aberfan. Huge piles of loose rock and mining slag, known as tips, had been built up over a layer of highly porous sandstone that contained numerous underground springs, and several tips had been built up directly over these springs. Although local authorities had raised specific concerns in 1963 about slag being tipped on the mountain above the village primary school, these were largely ignored by the NCB's area management.

Français : La catastrophe d'Aberfan est le glissement d'un pan d'un terril à Aberfan, petit village du sud du Pays de Galles, le 21 octobre 1966, provoquant la mort de 144 personnes dont 116 enfants.

Simple English: Aberfan is a village in South Wales where, in 1966, a slag-heap fell down, killing 28 adults and 116 children.

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This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.

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The following 13 files are in this category, out of 13 total.

A470 Looking Southwards - geograph.org.uk - 831325.jpg 640 × 480; 65 KB
A470 West of Aberfan - geograph.org.uk - 830215.jpg 640 × 480; 69 KB
Across the Taff valley - geograph.org.uk - 1004987.jpg 640 × 427; 180 KB
Barclay 2340 (8404990351).jpg 818 × 586; 324 KB
Bronheulog Terrace, Aberfan.jpg 900 × 600; 127 KB
Death Plaque on a n oak bench in Brecon South Wales.jpg 4,288 × 3,216; 3 MB
Looking down on Aberfan - geograph.org.uk - 1004932.jpg 426 × 640; 200 KB
Looking down on Aberfan - geograph.org.uk - 1004956.jpg 640 × 427; 188 KB
Looking Uphill - geograph.org.uk - 831334.jpg 640 × 480; 73 KB
Merthyr Vale Aberfan Aberdare Blog.jpg 3,888 × 2,592; 3.25 MB
River Taff at Aberfan - geograph.org.uk - 550867.jpg 640 × 480; 108 KB
South entrance to Aberfan - geograph.org.uk - 83369.jpg 640 × 480; 178 KB
Track up towards A470 - geograph.org.uk - 564447.jpg 640 × 480; 100 KB

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