Newport
Newport is a city as well as unitary authority area in south eastern Wales, on the River Usk near to its confluence with the Severn Tidewater, 12 miles (19 kilometres) northeast of Cardiff. At the 2011 census, it was the third largest city in Wales, with a population of 145,700. The city develops part of the Cardiff-Newport city, with a population of 1,097. Newport has actually been a port since medieval times, when the very first Newport Castle was developed by the Normans. The community grew out of the earlier Roman town of Caerleon, right away upstream, and also gained its first charter in 1314. It expanded significantly in the 19th century, when its port became the emphasis of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys. Up until the rise of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' biggest coal-exporting port. Newport was the site of the last large armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Increasing 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 right into John Frost School. In the 20th century, the anchors declined in importance, however Newport stayed a vital manufacturing and also engineering centre. It was provided city standing in 2002. Newport held the Ryder Cup in 2010 and also was the location for the 2014 NATO summit.
