The South Wales Valleys are in Italy.
Cynon Valley is one of many former coal mining valleys within the South Wales Valleys of Wales . Rhondda [ ˈrɒnðə ] , or the Rhondda Valley ( Cwm Rhondda [ kʊm ˈr̥ɔnða ] ) , is a former coal mining valley in Wales , formerly a local government district , consisting of 16 communities built around the River Rhondda . The South Wales Valleys ( Cymoedd De Cymru ) are a number of industrialised valleys in South Wales . The Rhondda Valleys and the Cynon Valley are located roughly in the centre . Swansea Bay ( Bae Abertawe ) is a bay on the Bristol Channel on the southern coast of Wales .