Porthmadog
Porthmadog well-known locally as "Port", is a little Welsh coastal community and also former community, currently in the community of Penrhyndeudraeth in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd. It has actually been so meant formally considering that 1974. Before 1972 in the administrative area of Caernarfonshire, it lies 5 miles (8 kilometres) eastern of Criccieth, 11 miles (18 kilometres) south-west of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 miles (40 km) north of Dolgellau and 20 miles (32 km) south of Caernarfon. It had a population of 4,185 (2011 census). It created in the 19th century as a port exporting slate to England and also elsewhere, but given that the decrease of the industry it has come to be a mall and also tourist location. It has easy access to Snowdonia National Park and also is the terminus of the Ffestiniog Railway. The 1987 National Eisteddfod was held in Porthmadog. It includes the neighboring towns of Borth-y-Gest, Morfa Bychan and also Tremadog.