Newport
Newport is a city and also unitary authority area in south east Wales, on the River Usk near to its assemblage with the Severn Estuary, 12 miles (19 kilometres) northeast of Cardiff. At the 2011 census, it was the third biggest city in Wales, with a population of 145,700. The city forms part of the Cardiff-Newport metropolitan area, with a population of 1,097. Newport has been a port given that medieval times, when the first Newport Castle was built by the Normans. The community grew out of the earlier Roman community of Caerleon, immediately upstream, and also gained its initial charter in 1314. It grew considerably in the 19th century, when its port ended up being the emphasis of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys. Until the rise of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' largest 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 resulted in the re-branding of the Duffryn High School right into John Frost School. In the 20th century, the anchors decreased in value, however Newport stayed an essential manufacturing as well as design centre. It was provided city condition in 2002. Newport held the Ryder Cup in 2010 as well as was the location for the 2014 NATO summit.
