Porthmadog
Porthmadog known in your area as "Port", is a small Welsh coastal community as well as previous community, currently in the area of Penrhyndeudraeth in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd. It has actually been so led to formally given that 1974. Before 1972 in the management county of Caernarfonshire, it exists 5 miles (8 kilometres) eastern of Criccieth, 11 miles (18 km) south-west of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 miles (40 km) north of Dolgellau and also 20 miles (32 kilometres) 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 as well as in other places, however given that the decrease of the sector it has actually ended up being a shopping center and vacationer location. It has very easy access to Snowdonia National Park and is the terminus of the Ffestiniog Railway. The 1987 National Eisteddfod was held in Porthmadog. It includes the neighboring villages of Borth-y-Gest, Morfa Bychan as well as Tremadog.