Editing Port Talbot (section)

{{Short description|Town and community in Wales}}
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{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Port Talbot
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| image1 = Port Talbot panorama from hillside - Swansea Bay - panoramio (1) (cropped).jpg
| image2 = High Street, Port Talbot - geograph.org.uk - 1041928.jpg
| image3 = Port Talbot Steelworks - geograph.org.uk - 41552.jpg
| footer = From the top, View of Port Talbot from above, with the elevated [[M4 motorway|M4]] to the bottom-left, The High street, [[Port Talbot Steelworks|Steelworks]]}}
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| coordinates = {{coord|51.59055|-3.79859|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
| population = 31,550
| population_ref = (2021)<ref name=Citypop>[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/wales/neath_port_talbot/W45000537__port_talbot/ Port Talbot: built up area] City Population. Retrieved: 8 March 2023</ref>
| os_grid_reference = SS755895
| unitary_wales = [[Neath Port Talbot]]
| lieutenancy_wales = [[West Glamorgan]]
| country = Wales
| post_town = PORT TALBOT
| postcode_area = SA
| postcode_district = SA12, SA13
| dial_code = 01639
| constituency_westminster = [[Aberafan Maesteg (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberafan Maesteg]]
| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Aberavon (Assembly constituency)|Aberavon]]
| module= [[File:2024 Wales Neath Port Talbot Community Port Talbot map.svg|240px]]<br />Map of the community
}}
'''Port Talbot''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|ɔːr|t|_|ˈ|t|ɔː|l|b|ə|t}}, {{small|UK also}} {{IPAc-en|p|ɔːr|-|,_|p|ə|-|,_|-|ˈ|t|æ|l|b|ə|t|,_|-|ˈ|t|ɒ|l|b|ə|t}})<ref>{{citation|last=Wells|first=John C.|year=2008|title=Longman Pronunciation Dictionary|edition=3rd|publisher=Longman|isbn=9781405881180}}</ref> is a town and [[community (Wales)|community]] in the [[county borough]] of [[Neath Port Talbot]], [[Wales]], situated on the east side of [[Swansea Bay]], approximately {{convert|8|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} from [[Swansea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/|title=OS Maps|publisher=Ordnance Survey}}</ref> The [[Port Talbot Steelworks]] covers a large area of land which dominates the south east of the town. It is the largest steelworks in the United Kingdom, and one of the largest in the world, but has been under threat of closure since the 1980s.<ref>[http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Remembering-fight-save-steelworks/story-28142894-detail/story.html "New BBC television series will recall the fight to save Port Talbot steelworks in the 1980s", ''South Wales Evening Post'', 10 November 2015]. Accessed 3 April 2016</ref> The population was 31,550 in 2021,<ref name=Citypop/> comprising about a fifth of the 141,931 population<ref name=Varbes>[https://www.varbes.com/population/neath-port-talbot-population Population of Neath Port Talbot] Varbes. Retrieved: 7 March 2023</ref> of Neath Port Talbot.