Newport
Newport is a city and unitary authority location in south eastern Wales, on the River Usk near to its assemblage with the Severn Estuary, 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Cardiff. At the 2011 census, it was the 3rd largest city in Wales, with a population of 145,700. The city creates part of the Cardiff-Newport city, with a population of 1,097. Newport has actually been a port since medieval times, when the first Newport Castle was constructed by the Normans. The community grew out of the earlier Roman town of Caerleon, instantly upstream, as well as got its first charter in 1314. It grew dramatically in the 19th century, when its port became the emphasis of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys. Up until the increase of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' biggest coal-exporting port. Newport was the site of the last massive armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Rising of 1839 led by the Chartists. This was led by the Chartist John Frost which brought about the re-branding of the Duffryn High School into John Frost School. In the 20th century, the docks decreased in relevance, however Newport stayed an important manufacturing and also engineering centre. It was approved city condition in 2002. Newport organized the Ryder Cup in 2010 as well as was the location for the 2014 NATO summit.