Newport
Newport is a city as well as unitary authority location in south eastern Wales, on the River Usk close to its assemblage with the Severn Estuary, 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Cardiff. At the 2011 census, it was the 3rd 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 actually been a port given that middle ages times, when the very first Newport Castle was constructed by the Normans. The community grew out of the earlier Roman town of Caerleon, instantly upstream, as well as gained its very first charter in 1314. It grew substantially in the 19th century, when its port ended up being the focus of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys. Till the increase 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 Climbing 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 relevance, but Newport stayed an important production and design centre. It was provided city standing in 2002. Newport organized the Ryder Cup in 2010 and also was the place for the 2014 NATO summit.
