Newport
Newport is a city and unitary authority area in south eastern Wales, on the River Usk near its assemblage with the Severn Tidewater, 12 miles (19 kilometres) northeast of Cardiff. At the 2011 census, it was the 3rd biggest city in Wales, with a population of 145,700. The city forms part of the Cardiff-Newport city, with a population of 1,097. Newport has actually been a port since middle ages times, when the first Newport Castle was built by the Normans. The town outgrew the earlier Roman community of Caerleon, instantly upstream, and also obtained its initial charter in 1314. It expanded significantly in the 19th century, when its port ended up being the focus of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys. Till the surge of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' largest coal-exporting port. Newport was the site of the last large-scale 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 declined in value, however Newport stayed an important manufacturing as well as engineering centre. It was provided city condition in 2002. Newport organized the Ryder Cup in 2010 and also was the location for the 2014 NATO summit.
