Porthmadog
Porthmadog known locally as "Port", is a tiny Welsh seaside town as well as previous area, now in the neighborhood of Penrhyndeudraeth in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd. It has been so spelt officially given that 1974. Prior to 1972 in the management area of Caernarfonshire, it exists 5 miles (8 kilometres) eastern of Criccieth, 11 miles (18 kilometres) south-west of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 miles (40 kilometres) north of Dolgellau and also 20 miles (32 km) south of Caernarfon. It had a population of 4,185 (2011 census). It established in the 19th century as a port exporting slate to England as well as in other places, yet because the decline of the market it has become a shopping centre as well as tourist location. It has simple accessibility 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 villages of Borth-y-Gest, Morfa Bychan and also Tremadog.