Porthmadog
Porthmadog known locally as "Port", is a little Welsh coastal town and also previous area, currently in the community of Penrhyndeudraeth in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd. It has been so spelt officially since 1974. Prior to 1972 in the administrative region of Caernarfonshire, it lies 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 established in the 19th century as a port exporting slate to England and in other places, yet given that the decline of the industry it has come to be a shopping center and visitor location. It has easy access to Snowdonia National Park as well as is the terminus of the Ffestiniog Railway. The 1987 National Eisteddfod was held in Porthmadog. It consists of the close-by villages of Borth-y-Gest, Morfa Bychan as well as Tremadog.