Newport is a city and also unitary authority location in south east Wales, on the River Usk near to its assemblage with the Severn Tidewater, 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Cardiff. At the 2011 census, it was the third biggest 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 been a port given that medieval times, when the first Newport Castle was developed by the Normans. The town grew out of the earlier Roman community of Caerleon, immediately upstream, and also obtained its initial charter in 1314. It expanded dramatically in the 19th century, when its port ended up being the emphasis of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys. Until 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 resulted in the re-branding of the Duffryn High School right into John Frost School. In the 20th century, the anchors decreased in value, yet Newport stayed an essential manufacturing and also design centre. It was given city status in 2002. Newport organized the Ryder Cup in 2010 as well as was the place for the 2014 NATO summit.