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Newport
Newport is a city as well as unitary authority location in south eastern Wales, on the River Usk near to its confluence 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 creates part of the Cardiff-Newport metropolitan area, with a population of 1,097. Newport has been a port since middle ages times, when the first Newport Castle was built by the Normans. The community outgrew the earlier Roman community of Caerleon, quickly upstream, and obtained its first charter in 1314. It expanded considerably in the 19th century, when its port became the focus of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys. Till the increase of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' biggest coal-exporting port. Newport was the site of the last large-scale armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Climbing of 1839 led by the Chartists. This was led by the Chartist John Frost which led to the re-branding of the Duffryn High School into John Frost School. In the 20th century, the docks decreased in value, however Newport remained a crucial production as well as design centre. It was given city standing in 2002. Newport hosted the Ryder Cup in 2010 as well as was the venue for the 2014 NATO summit.