Newport
Newport is a city and also unitary authority area in south eastern Wales, on the River Usk near its assemblage with the Severn Estuary, 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 metropolitan area, with a population of 1,097. Newport has actually been a port because middle ages times, when the first Newport Castle was constructed by the Normans. The community outgrew the earlier Roman community of Caerleon, right away upstream, and also obtained its initial charter in 1314. It expanded considerably in the 19th century, when its port came to be the emphasis of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys. 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 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 right into John Frost School. In the 20th century, the docks declined in relevance, yet Newport continued to be an important manufacturing and design centre. It was approved city condition in 2002. Newport hosted the Ryder Cup in 2010 and also was the venue for the 2014 NATO summit.
